Monday, August 14, 2006

Oh, Those Wacky, Forgetful Rocket Scientists!

This ought to give all Americans, and particularly those who voluntarily strap themselves onto gigantic rockets, a warm sense of comfort. NASA has lost the original recordings of the first moon landing, including Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step" speech. It gets better: in all, NASA has lost 700 boxes of historic documentation and recordings from the Appolo lunar missions. NASA's on the case, though. They've been looking for the boxes for, um, a year.

Yep, that's confidence-inspiring, all right. The shuttle's fine, you say? Great! We'll take your word for it, because NASA stands for the best and brightest that this nation has to offer. What could possibly go wrong?

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