No. ABC News asks Is the shuttle safe to fly? In fact, they make you click through three pages of advertisement to read the story, and they never even answer the question posed in the title.

Well don’t fear… I’m here, and I’ll answer the question.

HELL NO!

Hmmm… lets see, you’re going to strap yourself into an aluminum box affectionately known as the “flying brick”, attach a pair of rockets and enough fuel to wipe out a race, then hurtle yourself off of the planet to a place where there is no air, while hoping that a tiny little piece of foam doesn’t happen to fall off in the process. Then, after two weeks in this tiny aluminum box, breathing stale air and going to the bathroom in your clothes, you’re going try to float back down to earth on a cushion of 6000° fire. You’re right… sounds perfectly safe.

Frankly, I think we’re all fooling ourselves if we think we can demand it be safe. Please. And don’t think for a minute that the people on board in that sardine can have ever doubted that they can die in an instant at every step along the journey.

Look, anyone who has read my blog will know how I feel about the space shuttle program. But if our government insists on spending this insane money on this useless flying brick, then let’s have the balls to get out there and do it right! You know it’s not safe, stop pretending you care and start acting like brainless cowboys from Texas. Gee-Haw!