>>>>>Just watched the last shuttle launch.
>>>>>
>>>>>End of an era.
>>>>
>>>>Just looked at this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14077893 (the 'live' positions thing at the bottom) which currently shows the shuttle at 227km altitude and *descending" whilst the space shuttle is at an altitude of 400Km.
>>>>
>>>>Why would that be?
>>>
>>>They are going to stop at Starbucks for a latte.
>>
>>(g)
>>They must have changed their minds. It's climbing again now.....
>
>They forgot their 50 cent off coupons back at the pad.

That's NASA all over. You think they'd have a proper pre-flight checklist :-}