1999apr30. “Yes, it’s being launched right now, and – hold on – and, well, it’s in space right now. Perhaps if you come back tomorrow. Yes, or maybe next week. It’s in space. It is floating in space.” (dead news link) $2.9 billion dollars, folks, three rockets gone. Does that set some sort of record? Most tax money wasted by explosions? The IRS better crack down a little more on taxpayers this year, we’ve got a ROCKET TO REPLACE.

