A sad day for space travel

NASA Defends Sending New Crew to Station
Conspiracy theorists blame it on the Jews, aliens, HAARP, China, the internet, and GW needing a distraction. I'd like to see the conspiracy theorists tackle why we keep getting grounded. The ISS is falling apart. None of the countries involved are sending the required replacement parts. The atmosphere aboard is toxic, but not deadly. The onboard sensors designed to provide real-time analysis of the air, water and radiation levels have been broken for months, so no one can tell how bad it is up there right now. And without repairs and replacements, it's only going to get worse.

On the flip side of the news, however; GW was heckled in Australia by members of parliament and protestors outside. His response? "I love free speech."

Um. Yeah. Bush loves free speech. Those words just don't string together very well.