What? You went to Space and didn't bring back any aliens?

Well... NASA is making us look like idiots again. I checked my email, they went to the International Space Station. I hope no one left their Ipod behind. That would be a long flight home without any tunes. According the BBC, as the shuttle re-enters the atmosphere it actually flies backwards for a bit and then flips end over end so that it continues upside down as well. I'm guessing that NASA has a couple thousand New York cab drivers signing up for the next mission.

I feel a little better knowing that NASA is not perfect either. They wanted to land in Florida and had to land in California instead. Why was Florida the first choice? That's easy. Everyone knows what Florida looks like from space. If I was the pilot, Italy would have been my second choice. Rhode Island is dead last. The entire northeast was probably out of question because no one really knows what states are over there anyway. I would just be happy that I found the right planet. I'll bet that someone from NASA really wanted to land in Moscow just to rub it in a little more. "In case you didn't know we just got back from space... again. The weather is gorgeous this time of year. You really should try it sometime."

I feel that I am somewhat of a space expert now that I've been reading about the shuttle mission for the last week or so. I'm sure you are as well. We know that many of the shuttle problems stem from the incredibly fast speeds that occur as the shuttle re-enters the atmosphere. I say they recruit all of their new pilots from the retirees in southern Florida. I guarantee they won't top forty. Of course they'll have the left turn signal on for half of the flight but traffic isn't too heavy up there.