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    Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour

    Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb

    An Aviation Show That Will Warp Your Brain

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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    12/11/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    Godspeed Endeavor. :( I remember entering that contest where they let schoolchildren name the next Space Shuttle after the Challenger accident. I think I voted for something like "Intrepid," but I'm glad they chose Endeavor.
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    *sigh* there goes one of them, all thanks to the Bush Administration raping NASA, we won't be able to send any astronauts into space for like... the next decade after all 3 are decommissioned. We can't purchase flight spots from Russia either to maintain our multi-billion dollar parts on the ISS because Bush decided to put them on some sort of terrorist blacklist. And now we're draining all the money out of our next generation shuttles... I get all depressed just thinking about it.
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    Image of hamblast hamblast
    12/10/08

    @viloki9: Just think, if we put all that bailout money into the space program, we'd be building MALLS on NEPTUNE.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/10/08

    @solios: Don't be silly. We all know URANUS is where everything's happening, not NEPTUNE!
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    Image of icelight icelight
    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    That giant protective cover on the Shuttle's engines looks like a big white diaper. So of course, the first thing that pops into my head is "Why does NASA seem to have this fixation with cross-country diaper trips?"
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/10/08

    @icelight: So wrong . . . so right.
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    Image of Banned for pointing out blatant misrepresentation by io9 Banned for pointing out blatant misrepresentation by io9
    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    What IS going to happen to the shuttles when they are "decommissioned"? Anyone know for certain?
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/11/08

    @Mandrock: They could always place one in a state park, converted to a discotheque. Buran, anyone?


    /Yah, probably not.

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    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    $1.8M, you say? Dang. That kind of startled me. I guess I just keep watching these things happen and wishing they'd keep going, without realizing the resources we're really putting into the space program. But I wonder, er, is it really going to be more cost effective to go back to one-shot rockets with Orion program?
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/10/08

    @papercup mixmaster: orion ain't a 1 shot... the capsule is meant for several reuses before it's scrapped... I think the launcher is also reusable (being based on Shuttle boosters)
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    Image of falconrugger06 falconrugger06
    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    I think it's sad that the only way any of our future generations will see these beautiful ships is in a textbook or a museum...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/10/08

    @falconrugger06: That's what I feel about Concorde everytime I hear it mentioned. Damn. I really wanted to ride one.
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    I don't think we have the replacement Star Destroyers quite ready yet.
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    Image of jf71 jf71
    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    Nitpick: the orbiter's name is spelled "Endeavour", not "Endeavor". However, this is hardly the first time the shuttle's name has suffered this unfortunate typo:


    [www.local6.com]

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/10/08

    @jf71: Doh! Fixed.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/10/08

    In reply to Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour
    Space Porn doggy-style!
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    If it's that inappropriate, how about y'all just move on to the next post of which you DO approve. It apparently interested you enough for you to read it, and then waste the rest of our times with foolish questions and complaints.


    And who knows, maybe it WAS shot down by aliens.


    Carry on.

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    Image of What Would Kornheiser Do? What Would Kornheiser Do?
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    Eyewitnesses reported seeing the jet "spiraling" before it landed.


    Like a "water landing?"

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/08/08

    @What Would Kornheiser Do?: A crash landing is still a landing. Just ask Launchpad McQuack.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    12/08/08

    @Grrsn Dn: A crash landing is still a landing.


    Or, as I once had to tell myself while clenching my teeth and trying to keep from simultaneously sobbing and vomiting from agony, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    12/08/08

    @Rasselas:


    ...Are you a spaceman?

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    12/08/08

    @ThisDudeRufus: No, no, just totally awesome.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12/09/08

    @Rasselas: i think i speak for everyone when i say the less additional details of your sex life you post the better.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    Yikes. That's adjacent to my nephew's elementary school.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    Oh, hey, that happened literally just a little ways from where I work.


    But seriously, though, how is this science-related?

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/08/08

    @Smeagol92055: Aerospace, baby. There's a wee bit of science in that.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    You know, I was wondering how this fell under the Sci-Fi umbrella, but then I found the non-redacted version of the photo above.



    Too Soon?
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    12/08/08

    In reply to Fighter Jet Crashes in American Suburb
    Actually, there are reports that there are two dead and two missing.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/08/08

    @ManchuCandidate: URL?
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/08/08

    @Annalee Newitz: BBC list 3 dead now.

    [news.bbc.co.uk]
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