Personal Use of Space Shuttle

[mcs_seattle]

A good one from "The Onion" http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41904<br /><br />NASA Chief Under Fire For Personal Shuttle Use<br />October 26, 2005 | Issue 41•43 <br /><br />CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has yet to respond to recent allegations that he used NASA space shuttles on as many as one dozen unauthorized outings to such destinations as New York City, the French Riviera, and his vacation home near Ketchum, ID. <br /><br />Griffin plays the Pebble Beach course minutes after blasting off from his Idaho vacation home.<br />A report issued Monday by NASA's Oversight Commission indicates a cumulative 1.8 million miles unaccounted for on the Atlantic, Discovery, and Endeavor shuttles. In addition, shuttle pilot James Kelly reported numerous occasions on which he found the pilot seat "adjusted for someone else." <br /><br />The report also revealed that radio presets on the shuttles had been changed to receive various talk-radio stations from across the country, and that the cargo bays contained foreign items such as an old pair of sneakers, "aviator"-style sunshades, two empty Big Gulp Los Angeles Dodgers collector cups, and CDs that shuttle astronauts say are not theirs. <br /><br />Griffin's apparent joyrides came to light last week, when sharp-eyed patrons at Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club spotted Discovery in the club's parking lot. Within hours, NASA employees began coming forward with their own observations.<br /><br />"Every now and then on a Friday, Mr. Griffin would stop by Launch Complex 39B and say, 'Well, I'm off early today, taking the wife shopping on Fifth Avenue,' and I wouldn't think twice about it," said assistant fuel-cell technician Lawrence Clemmons. "But about half an hour later, the ground would shake, I'd hear this earsplitting roar from the pad, and then the shuttle would fly off."<br /><br />"Sometimes I'd think, 'Hey, it looked like he had his overnig

 

[henryhallam]

Ha ha ha, nice find.

 

[barrykirk]

Good one

 

[canadian_joe]

lol<br /><br />This was also posted in Free Space <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

And it's just as funny the second time. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />Seriously, who hasn't dreamed at least once of having their own personal space shuttle and using it for jaunts around the globe? Sure, it's impractical, but when did that ever stop a good daydream? <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>