11 Responses to “Breaking news: train crash carrying a “NASA load””

1. 1.   Quiet_Desperation Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 11:09 am

   >>> I’ve just heard that a train carrying cargo only
   >>> described as a “***NASA load***” crashed

   George Deutsch was on the train?

   [applause]

   Thank you! I’ll be here all week!

   [crickets]

   Hmm.

2. 2.   Kevin Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 11:44 am

   I just hope that it doesn’t delay an upcoming shuttle launch.

3. 3.   Michelle Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 am

   CNN says 2, channel 13 says 5, MSNBC says 6… I wonder who has the right injury count.

4. 4.   Brant D Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 am

   Some people were airlifted to a hospital. That doesn’t sound good.

5. 5.   Rock Howard Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm

   Your Badness,

   Thanks for the twitter update. Good to read that there were no parts for the next flight involved.

   BTW, the space image that you chose for your twitter page makes it look like you are waving the “cosmic finger” at everyone. That is truly Bad!

6. 6.   Drbuzz0 Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm

   Just to show what a total bastard I am:

   My first thought: Any word on the solid rocket sections? are they ok?

   Much later: Oh I hope the people aren’t badly hurt either.

7. 7.   Crux Australis Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 2:16 pm

   Drbuzz…that doesn’t make you a bastard, it makes you a geek. Like the rest of us.

8. 8.   Troy Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 3:35 pm

   I’m such a space nut I could care less about the people I was worried that DAWN might have been the cargo.

9. 9.   Evolving Squid Says:
   May 2nd, 2007 at 7:34 pm

   My first thought: I can already see the urban legend going up on snopes about the train engineer trying to break the bullet train speed record by strapping solid rocket boosters to his train.

   At least nobody was killed.

10. 10.   DennyMo Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 4:16 am

    Hey Squid, good idea. You finish that story and get it circulating, I’ll finish mine about the connection between Diet Coke and mass shootings, we’ll see which one takes off.

    This is a really sad event on two fronts for my boys: they both love trains and are both nuts about the Shuttle and rockets in general. To see both of their first loves damaged in this way kinda sucks. Good thing we don’t let them watch the news with us yet.

11. 11.   Gary Ansorge Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 6:39 am

    I read 6 injured, one critically.

    They were hauling (10)solid boosters, which are now on their way back to the manufacturer to be checked for damage.
    One nice thing about those boosters, they’re really tough devices.

    Gary 7

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