Flash: Space Shuttle Still Grounded

Reports[*1] say the Shuttle won’t launch as planned in May, but now won’t launch until July. Bad sensors are blamed.

The fleet is to be retired in what, 2010? Tick, tick, tick, that’s four years from now, y’all.

Assuming that the ultra-secret Blackstar[*2] actually exists and was retired, maybe it’s time to lift the security classifications, roll the bad boy out, and start flying to space more sensibly than putting human beings on top of giant overgrown fireworks rockets. Maybe.