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"If he chucks it [frisbee] during EVA, I think he's a cinch to shatter the time aloft record. Not to mention height and distance."

I was just joking on the Shuttle Launch Live Thread last Thursday that they should permit Christer to zing one toward Earth on an EVA, but I'm amazed to find out today that he is actually taking a frisbee with him on the mission and will be tossing it while inside (probably inside the ISS) to "stimulate interest of children for space exploration" in his words.

See this story from ABC News for more: How Long Will a Frisbee Fly in Space?

Excerpt:

But Fuglesang says he has no thought of taking it out on a spacewalk.

"That would probably be the last spaceflight that I do in that case," he says.

[ReignOfError]

"That would probably be the last spaceflight that I do in that case," he says.

If they coulf figure out a way for Alan Shepherd to hit a golf ball on the moon ...

[Elsiejay]

Until Sirius catches it in his teeth.

On a little more serious note: That AP photo of the shuttle launch is a spectacular feat of photography, as regards composition, clarity, et cetera. Wonder where one might be able to download a large version of it.