| Is it me or do they launch the space
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| | "...the fifty-four-year-old astronomer
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| shuttle these days for the sole purpose
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| | claimed that not only was Pluto still a
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| of repairing what went wrong on takeoff
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| | planet but that it was inhabited by Irish
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| to avoid catastrophes upon re-entry? I
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| | sheepdogs."
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| support safety but nowadays the phrase
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| | This is clearly news you will see nowhere
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| "Let's light this candle"--famously
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| | else.
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| spoken week after week by Rabbi Mordechai
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| | The shuttle program languished until
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| Goldfarb of Congregation Beth Shalom in
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| | February 1, 2003, when Cuban
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| the Connecticut suburb of Old
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| | percussionist Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría
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| Saybrook--takes on a new meaning.
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| | passed away unexpectedly. Ironically, his
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| The space program was all but dead after
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| | music was playing at mission control that
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| a successful series of moon missions in
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| | day when Columbia burned up upon
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| the '60s and '70s. Though that was the
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| | re-entry. NASA scientists determined that
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| heyday of LSD, so whether or not man
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| | a hole formed on the shuttle's wings,
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| actually walked on the moon remains a
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| | caused by a piece of foam that peeled
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| mystery. One thing that we know for sure
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| | away from the fuel tank during the
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| is that Tom Hanks was THIS close to doing
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| | launch.
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| so, but didn't (as illustrated in the
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| | Since then, NASA has become the king of
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| Hollywood blockbuster film "Tom Hanks
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| | all overprotective mommies when it comes
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| Never Walked on the Moon").
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| | to its space program. Upon launch, every
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| Launched with much fanfare in the early
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| | shuttle's cargo bay is stocked with
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| 1980s, presumably by engineers who hated
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| | heat-resistant tiles, a Costco-sized
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| '80s electronica music so badly that they
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| | container of Tang and several cases of
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| couldn't even stay on the same planet
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| | those diapers the crazy astronaut wore
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| with it, the space shuttle program
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| | when she drove cross-country faster than
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| represented the next revolution in space
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| | a shuttle in order to "talk to" someone
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| travel. The orbiter was able to run
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| | who made whoopee with her imagined
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| missions repeatedly...unless, of course,
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| | astronaut boyfriend.
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| someone forgot to tighten a screw
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| | The tiles in the cargo bay are there to
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| somewhere along the way.
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| | replace damage sustained upon takeoff.
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| Such was the unfortunate case with the
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| | Meaning: The space program has become the
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| space shuttle Challenger, which completed
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| | world's costliest unnecessary repair
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| nine missions before disintegrating on
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| | shop.
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| January 28, 1986. This disaster could
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| | In the old days, astronauts lived on the
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| have been avoided had the O-rings been
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| | edge. Staring death in the face, and in
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| shaped like actual O's, rather than
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| | most cases dying doing so. But they
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| rhombuses. Seven lives, and a vehicle
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| | earned the acclaim of the American
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| almost as cool as a DeLorean, were lost
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| | people.
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| as a result of a simple geometry problem.
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| | Noted sci-fi author Larry Niven put it
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| The Challenger disaster brought the space
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| | best in 2001 when he said, "Dinosaurs
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| program to a grinding halt-until they
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| | became extinct because they didn't have a
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| built a space shuttle with a much cooler
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| | space program. And if we become extinct
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| name. Thus was born the Endeavour, which
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| | because we don't have a space program,
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| while an American spacecraft, was
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| | it'll serve us right!" Which begs the
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| inexplicably named by a Brit called
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| | question: Has he been conscious for the
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| Reginald Huggins, III--thereby explaining
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| | past 40 years?
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| the randomly placed "U."
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| | Nevertheless, the space program forges
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| Shuttle launches eventually became
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| | ahead. The space station won't build
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| passé. Launch coverage moved from
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| | itself, diapered astronauts need training
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| broadcast networks to the Weekly World
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| | for their next tile-replacement mission
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| News, which features the latest-breaking
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| | and sci-fi writers need to ignore reality
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| space news you won't read anywhere else,
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| | and say ridiculous things about why
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| such as this actual passage:
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| | dinosaurs went extinct.
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