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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California <\/strong>(AP) — Atlantis and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in the Mojave Desert Friday<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I just woke up.<\/p>\n

It’s a wonderful day here in Florida, close to Cape Canaveral: Sunny, no wind, and not a single cloud!<\/p>\n

Had Mission Control waited another 24 hours with bringing Atlantis home,\u00c2\u00a0NASA would have saved 1.7 million bucks.<\/p>\n

AND we would have experienced our beloved two ‘booms’.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, we now get to see the shuttle return home on top of a Boeing 747, hopefully doing a low level flyby at Cocoa Beach again.<\/p>\n

Always an amazing sight.<\/p>\n

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