Re: Hypothetical shuttle rescue...


Screw it, then! That is much simplier -- just fly everyone home since it
goes Nigel's Eleven!

(To anyone that doesn't get the above reference, google: "Spinal Tap" "goes
to eleven".)

For the unitiated...

Nigel's key to keeping Tap among England's loudest bands. In "This
is Spinal Tap," he pointed out to director Marty DiBergi that the
settings on Tap's Marshall amps could extend beyond the standard 10
mark.

Nigel: "You see, most blokes will be playing at 10. You're on 10, all
the way up, all the way up...Where can you go from there? Nowhere. What
we do, is if we need that extra push over the cliff...Eleven. One
louder."

DiBergi: "Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top
number, and make that a little louder?"

Nigel (after taking a moment to let this sink in): "These go to 11."
:-)

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