• Spaceshuttle Discovery astronaut Tim Kopra injured in bicycle accident
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[release] [URL="http://space.flatoday.net/2011/01/discovery-astronaut-injured-in-bicycle.html"]FloridaToday.com's "The Flame Trench" blog[/URL] is reporting that [URL="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kopra-tl.html"]NASA astronaut Tim Kopra[/URL] has been injured after a bicycle accident on Saturday. His injuries are not life threatening, NASA officials have said. "However, there could be an impact to his duties for shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission," the agency said in a statement. "That possibility still is being evaluated." Further details about Kopra's injuries are not known. Kopra completed his first space flight in 2009 as a crew member of Expedition 20. He was in space for two months and completed one spacewalk. [B][URL="http://news.discovery.com/space/brazil-thunderstorm-iss-astronaut.html"]BIG PIC: The 2009 Expedition 20 crew took this stunning photograph of Brazil's stormy skies.[/URL][/B] For STS-133 -- [URL="http://news.discovery.com/space/no-early-february-launch-for-space-shuttle.html"]the delayed shuttle Discovery flight now scheduled for Feb. 24[/URL] -- he is assigned as the mission's main spacewalker. NASA has no backup crew for the mission, so these will be tense times for the agency. All in all, this has been a tough week for shuttle crews, especially in the aftermath of [URL="http://news.discovery.com/space/astronaut-mark-kelly-endeavour-mission-110113.html"]the tragic events that have impacted the family of astronaut Mark Kelly[/URL], commander of the Apr. 19 Endeavour mission.[/release] Space shuttle Discovery is being held back by [B]GOD [/B][url=http://news.discovery.com/space/astronaut-tim-kopra-injured-in-bicycle-accident.html]Source[/url]
Wow. So you've been into goddamn space, and then you get injured on some silly bicycle. :v:
Gravity got revenge.
[QUOTE=healthpoint;27451773]Wow. So you've been into goddamn space, and then you get injured on some silly bicycle. :v:[/QUOTE] I too am disappointed that after going in to space you stay mortal.
What in the name of fuck is going on? First the Shuttle Discovery gets fucked by one crack after the other and all they do is send that girl with the pink hoodie and the screwdriver to patch up a rocket so big it has to be put in a building that has developed its own weather. Then Gabrielle Giffords, wife of the shuttle Discovery's next mission's commander, gets shot in the head and they don't know whether to send him or not. And now THIS?
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;27452767]What in the name of fuck is going on? First the Shuttle Discovery gets fucked by one crack after the other and all they do is send that girl with the pink hoodie and the screwdriver to patch up a rocket so big it has to be put in a building that has developed its own weather. Then Gabrielle Giffords, wife of the shuttle Discovery's next mission's commander, gets shot in the head and they don't know whether to send him or not. And now THIS?[/QUOTE] Like I said, [B]GOD[/B]
Watching this video you realize how big and complex the shuttle is. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkP_HAzMnC0[/media]
Its funny that my Ipod has more computing power than the whole shuttle. Its so old the astronauts have to bring laptops with them.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;27458620]Its funny that my Ipod has more computing power than the whole shuttle. Its so old the astronauts have to bring laptops with them.[/QUOTE] It's funny how people like you would never be able to handle a launch inside one. It's so powerful you will have to bring another face for when you wear out the first. (No offense)
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;27458620]Its funny that my Ipod has more computing power than the whole shuttle. Its so old the astronauts have to bring laptops with them.[/QUOTE] Its funny that your brain would not have the power to operate the whole shuttle.
[QUOTE=Fuhrer;27458480]Watching this video you realize how big and complex the shuttle is. [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=GkP_HAzMnC0[/URL] [/QUOTE] It's like riding a bike.. thats how easy it is.
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