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    Latest Space Shuttle Mission Lifts Off, Stuffed With Worms

    Celebrate Space Day With The Shuttle Astronauts And An ISS Webcam

    A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles

    Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World

    The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions

    Another Glitch For Space Shuttle Discovery Mission

    Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour

    Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth

    The Future Of Space Exploration?

    The New Age of Commercial Space Travel
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/21/09

    In reply to Latest Space Shuttle Mission Lifts Off, Stuffed With Worms
    And you're absolutely sure this has nothing to do with turning watery worlds into deserts?
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    Image of theCrippleCricket theCrippleCricket
    11/21/09

    @Bill-Lee: The Spice must flow, dude. My cripple bene-gesserit program is gonna be totally awesome!
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/21/09

    @Bill-Lee: Oh, Dune. It's the sci-fi gift that keeps giving.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    05/01/09

    In reply to Celebrate Space Day With The Shuttle Astronauts And An ISS Webcam
    Did anyone ever go to Space Camp? That picture took me back.


    Not that I would do anything as nerdy as Space Camp...

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    Image of Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
    05/01/09

    In reply to A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles
    Two shuttles at once? OMG run for the hills, Armageddon cometh!!!


    Without the Ben Affleck overacting, I mean...

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    @Gearhead_42: These are no reindeer games.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/01/09

    @Gearhead_42: They always toss a second shuttle onto the pad for trips to the Hubble. The ISS can't be used as a safehaven if something goes wrong because it's too far away, so a second shuttle has to be on standby in case of a need for a rescue mission.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    05/01/09

    In reply to A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles
    This is Space Ghost Rider requesting a flyby.


    Negative Space Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.


    No Lisa Nowack, this is not a good idea!


    Sorry Goose, but it is time to buzz the house of that cheating bastard!

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/01/09

    In reply to A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles
    mmm. needs more Statue of Liberty and overreaction.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    05/01/09

    @Garrison Dean: Like video of idiots running towards the Goldman Sachs building?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    @Garrison Dean: *wets pants* Wait, I'm in San Jose...
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/01/09

    In reply to A Gorgeous Day for Jet Planes and Space Shuttles
    Mmm... planes. Color saturation reminds me of a 70s era photo. Heh.
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    03/24/09

    In reply to Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World
    Can you imagine what an incredibly strange experience it is to be floating like this, in actual space?

    I think about that a lot.

    I also ate a lot of 'shrooms a while back and I'm thinking maybe that had something to with it.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    03/24/09

    @Calraigh: I have been dreaming about it since I was 9 and I don't have the 'shroom excuse.
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    03/24/09

    @LittleDragon: To be honest, I think about all the time,which is a shroomless existence. So incredibly terrifying in lots of ways..
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    03/24/09

    In reply to Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World
    "Hey guys! Let me in! I promise not to wreck the toilet ever again!"
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    03/24/09

    @ManchuCandidate: S(h)itting in a tin can/high above the worrrrrllld...
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    Image of winshape winshape
    03/24/09

    In reply to Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World
    I guess they are getting ready to add the new "Colbert" section in the near future *eyeroll*.
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    03/24/09

    @winshape: Eff that! It's gonna be called Serenity!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    03/24/09

    @winshape: reports are the NASA is planning some kind of mission to uranus to retrive some kind of stick shaped object.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/24/09

    @cljohnston108: For sure!


    NASA never said they were going to use the write-in names, or any of the names at all.


    So Serenity it will be.

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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    Hee - bats aside, the launch was absolutely stunning to watch, even online. I'd love to see one in person before the shuttle stops flying.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    The night launch in high definition on HDNet was breathtakingly beautiful. 1080i and clear as can be from several different angles.


    The camera mounted on the external booster is "only" SD, but seeing the rockets firing, part of the shuttle, and the curve of the earth is awesome.


    Sometimes they show the landings too, from the cockpit and from the outside.


    HDNet and HDNet Movies are channels that do not get nearly enough credit for the utter coolness of stuff they do.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    Oh Space Bat, we hardly knew ye.

    Say hello to Laika. *sniff*
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    Image of snowcrash snowcrash
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    It's getting retired. why did anyone even vote for Obama? If he's not funding the space programme he's a waste of time.
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    Image of Patient Patient
    03/17/09

    @snowcrash: He's actually funding it more than any other administration. The shuttles are being replaced by the Ares rocket and Orion Module for ISS visits.


    Budget increase


    Orion Module

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    SPACE BAT!? Did it turn into a sexy naked lady and ransack London?


    It always comes back to Lifeforce.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/16/09

    @Garrison Dean: See, since I didn't get your reference, I'm inclined to think that you're completely and utterly insane. Tip of the finger to you, Lord Snifflepanger!
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    03/16/09

    @Garrison Dean: I may be one of the few people who liked that movie.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    03/16/09

    @LittleDragon:

    You and Garrison. I think you may be the only two in the world.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    03/16/09

    @Belabras, Apocalypse Troll: I just watched the trailer on youtube just for fun and I love it now as much as I loved it when I was 6. :D :P


    The web of destiny carries your blood and soul back to the genesis of my lifeform.

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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    03/16/09

    @LittleDragon:

    Somewhere Patrick Stewart is hanging his head in shame.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/16/09

    @LittleDragon: I'm the other person who liked Lifeforce. Good stupid fun with great visuals for the day. Continual nudeosity is always good but I really liked the eeevile skeleton/umbrella starship.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/17/09

    @Belabras, Apocalypse Troll: Cause of all his Family Guy appearances?
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    03/16/09

    In reply to The Shuttle Blasts Off On One of Its Final Missions
    Saw the launch from the deck of a cruise ship in the Bahamas. Did not see the bat.
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    03/16/09

    @redqueenmeg: Sweeeeeet.
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