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NASA vs. 7-up

by Risa Wechsler


Looks like the debris falling off of the shuttle wasn’t nothing after all — NASA has grounded all shuttle missions until further notice. Sounds like the astronauts are going to be okay, but I’m thinking maybe Hubble’s SM4 instruments should enter this 7-up contest.

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July 28th, 2005 12:53 AM
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3 Responses to “NASA vs. 7-up”

  1. 1.   Sean Says:
    July 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am

    NASA is not doing a good job at projecting an image of steadfast competence. Between this and the Moon-Mars vision, it’s going to be hard to get any money for science at all.

  2. 2.   Kuas Says:
    July 28th, 2005 at 12:59 pm

    It’s real comforting that NASA says this latest tile damage is nothing to worry about. Not like they’ve ever been wrong about that before.

  3. 3.   Have a peek... Says:
    July 28th, 2005 at 2:04 pm

    Problems or “too much” data?

    As it was a beautiful launch, but NASA has stopped all shuttle missions due to the debris falling off…
    I heard a commentary on a German radio station today that one problem is, that NASA…





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