Did the South rise again... all the way into orbit? Well, it
depends on who you listen to... but eBay recently ran an auction
claiming that, indeed, several Confederate flags -- and all the
historical baggage they bear -- apparently flew into orbit aboard a
2004 mission to the International Space Station.
With Discovery set to fly into space just 10 days from now, NASA
is already looking ahead to the fifth mission set to fly
after the shuttle program returns to space... and the agency says
it has found just the right person to lead that mission.
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