We all know who the losers are, so I guess it is worth it.

What are loosers? Is that a misspelling or what?

During the July 2005 launch of Discovery on mission STS-114, a vulture soaring around the launch pad impacted the shuttle's external tank just after liftoff. With a vulture's average weight ranging from 3 to 5 pounds, a strike at a critical point on the shuttle - like the nose or wing leading thermal protection panels - could cause catastrophic damage to the vehicle.
NASA put safety measures into place in 2005 to reduce the odds of bird strikes with the shuttle. The agency particularly wants to avoid bird strikes to the shuttle's fuel tank that could damage the heat shield during launch and landing.
For instance, NASA has a special during launch countdown where they can stop to wait for birds to pass. And during landing, NASA has a sound cannon that they fire to make sure the runway is clear from birds to make sure shuttle isn't damaged during landing.

Love your happy face, Antoine. I feel so bad for those people on the airplane that crashed in D.C. We'll probably see the plane in the drink if its still there this weekend.

Cassandra wrote:

Love your happy face, Antoine. I feel so bad for those people on the airplane that crashed in D.C. We'll probably see the plane in the drink if its still there this weekend.

The plane actually crashed in New York. Hopefully an isolated incident. We're heading to the festivities tomorrow. Here's the schedule: http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Inaugu...

Guess it was NY. Was thinking too much about D.C. Will hopefully see you all tomorrow evening.

Guess I'd better lay off the wine until I get to D.C., huh? We will be going to NY though so I hope to see the crash site. We've rented a car and I really don't mind driving in NY.....

Who spells loser with two o's? Some of the people on this blog sound like world travelers. Driving in NYC? That's a death wish....believe me, I've driven in Attica and that's bad enough.

Have a good evening, everybody. Everybody's a winner in my opinion.

Cop in the Capitol wrote:

Who spells loser with two o's? Some of the people on this blog sound like world travelers. Driving in NYC? That's a death wish....believe me, I've driven in Attica and that's bad enough.

It's nice when the company springs for a car.....

What is this blog about anyway?

Dumplin wrote:

What is this blog about anyway?

That's actually a very good question.

Dumplin wrote:

What is this blog about anyway?

According to the title it is about, "thes loosers". Sounds French?!? ;)

What exactly are "loosers"?????

How loose are they? How do you know they are loose? Maybe they just need a good tightening and all will be good again. I hope we're talking about bolts and nuts.:)

...and there are plenty of nuts around.