[maquiladora]

The San Fran Chronicle had the story about the Aussie astronomer. Seemingly he has some pics of some weird plasma/electrical discharge near the shuttle as it passed over California.

[Lion's Cub]

Seemingly he has some pics of some weird plasma/electrical discharge near the shuttle as it passed over California.

I'll wait for a bit more verification before I buy into an act of war :)

However, MSNBC, according to a poster on another thread, did confirm that there was an American astronomer who saw debris coming off over California. If the poster heard correctly, that ought to show up at their website today.