Luke Skywalker's Light Saber goes to space on Shuttle Discovery

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http://www.space.com/entertainment/cs_070828_sts120_lightsaber.html

Chewbacca, the towering Wookiee best known from the film as Han Solo's co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon, will officially hand the lightsaber over to officials from Space Center Houston during a ceremony at the airport.

Celebrity status has its' perks!

[Derree]

I think that on one side its cool...on the other side what is the point of it

[katzdvd]

Nasa has to do something to keep generating interest in its' programs...

[Derree]

well I would say best way to generate interest is do something interesting..go back to the moon, get ready for mars, something

[katzdvd]

go back to the moon

Oh, you mean we have actually went there in the first place???

Funny, we haven't been back in 30 years, unless that is where they have all those secret bases set up!

[Dan]

Oh, you mean we have actually went there in the first place???

Funny, we haven't been back in 30 years, unless that is where they have all those secret bases set up!

Uh oh, you aren't stirring up the old Moon Hoax idea are ya katz? LOL.

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