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The space shuttle Endeavour is heading home a day early, as concern rises that Hurricane Dean, currently battering the south coast of Jamaica, could turn North and threaten mission control in Houston. Hurrican Dean, as seem from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA said that although it could get a skeleton …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Why bother...

    ...it's gonna burn up anyway.

    Isn't it?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @Anon

    Miserable git. Are you my boss?

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  3. Andy Tyzack

    re Why bother...

    what a thing to say,

    no wonder u posted that anonymously, you freak of nature

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  4. Steve ten Have

    Quite possibly...

    As awful as it is to think - I think we all are half expectin this one to end in fireworks as well and with the other teacher onboard...

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    And then we're going to Washington, to take back the White House

    I can't be the first person to have a vision of a giant Stay-Puft/Howard Dean crossbreed menacing Jamaica. He is hiding in that cloud. He stomps along, throwing marshmallow at people, and shouting YEEAAARGH! at the top of his voice.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Cali?

    What's wrong with Edwards Air Force Base in California?

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  7. Jim

    What's wrong with Edwards Air Force Base?

    Cos the positioning flight is a bitch?

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  8. Parax

    What's wrong with Edwards Air Force Base?

    no posting the shuttle back to florida is the bitch... you know how many stamps that needs?

    Nasa is trying to save money!

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  9. Parax

    can I point out just one lil thing

    isnt the landing approach to Florida directly over the Yucatan?

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/landing.html

    They'll get a really 'good' view if they come down on 202.

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