El Supremo
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:44 PM
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They're tweaking Discovery's orbit so that it doesn't disintegrate over LA |
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:47 PM
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1. Can you do something about your link? |
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Try http://www.tinyurl.comThanks. I'd LIKE to read the story.
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:48 PM
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3. The pertinent paragraph HERE |
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Collins planned to tweak Discovery's orbit slightly so that if the shuttle had to land in California, it would not fly over Los Angeles. Since the Columbia accident, which showered debris over Texas and Louisiana when the ship broke apart, NASA decided to avoid flying over heavily populated areas.
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:49 PM
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4. link works fine for me, for what it's worth. (nt) |
El Supremo
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:49 PM
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5. Sorry, it works for me. |
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Just go to Yahoo News and read the prominent story. http://news.yahoo.com/
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:51 PM
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6. Original link worked fine here |
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It LOOKS broken up, but the clickable portion did take me to the correct article.
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:47 PM
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it is the responsible thing to do.
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:53 PM
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7. Great! I don't want that shit in MY backyard! |
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Mon Aug-08-05 08:59 PM
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8. Uhh, they're not gonna make it back are they? |
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I can see by this thread's tone that I am not alone in thinking that.
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Mon Aug-08-05 09:02 PM
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10. "This thread's tone" sucks. nt |
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Mon Aug-08-05 09:12 PM
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11. This is the safest space flight ever |
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Ever! This flight is safer than all previous human and robotic space flights ever carried out. It doesn’t mean it can't be safer or that there aren’t better alternatives, it can, and there is.
Several rockets fail a year and only two out of 113 shuttle launches have failed.
Before this mission NASA would just have to trust that the wing leading edge and the "belly" of the shuttle were intact, not any more. This was the most highly inspected and monitored mission NASA has ever done and this flight was the first time ever a flight vehicle has been inspected and repaired in-flight.
Discovery is coming back just fine.
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Mon Aug-08-05 09:02 PM
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Thanks Nasa, btw the astronauts must be shitting their (diapers?) right now.
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