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To: jdm
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) - NASA said it was grounding the US space shuttle fleet after a large piece of foam insulation broke off from the fuel tank of the Discovery shuttle on liftoff.
 
I'm not a NASA hater but it seems silly to me refer to the only other one as "the US Space Shuttle Fleet." My wife and I have two cars but I can't recall ever refering to them as a "fleet."
 
 
 


133 posted on 07/27/2005 4:06:03 PM PDT by azcap
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To: azcap
I'm not a NASA hater but it seems silly to me refer to the only other one as "the US Space Shuttle Fleet." My wife and I have two cars but I can't recall ever refering to them as a "fleet."

Actually, there's 3 left: Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor.

Four if you count Enterprise. :-)

324 posted on 07/27/2005 5:19:59 PM PDT by mwyounce
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