Liftoff in brie, two, one...

God, I'm on fire today.

Aren't equatorial launchsites preferable for some reason?

Yeah, I think they take advantage of the earths spin. The speed of the spin is higher at the equator, hence our spaceports have tended to be in the south.

They are just interested in strip mining the moon for its green chesse.

Plus, have you been in the Great Lakes area in winter? Nasty does not begin to describe it.

Look, when you're struggling back to the solar system at half impulse with one tachyon generator out and half the pods in your ship shut down due to a nasty run-in with Nurthian Pirates in the Andromeda Sector, it gives you little comfort to know you will be putting your crippled StarCruiser in the hands of a bunch of cheeseheads.

I mean, do any of them even know how to weld a solid astro-steel joint ?

Plus, have you been in the Great Lakes area in winter? Nasty does not begin to describe it.

Why? Does the cold air make your already tiny wee wee shrink to near invisibility?

last one was mine. loose sh*t.

MILWUALKEE WE HAVE A PROBLEM

This would totally ROCK!

At last, I would be about to see this cool shit, since I refuse to go to [shutter] Flordia.

Dr. Symes,

Hey, it could happen.

There is much more to Wisconsin than just cheese.

There's beer.

Ice fishing.

Beer.

Sausage.

Beer.

Polka.

Snow-mobiling.

Beer.

And of course, beer.

So, it could happen in Wisconsin.

Just as long as space travel had something to do with snow, ice, and beer.

And sausage.

And polka.

Did I mention beer?

Why? Does the cold air make your already tiny wee wee shrink to near invisibility?

Like a frightened turtle.

The reason they go ice fishing in the winter (dumbest sport ever) is because it's the only time of year you can go outside. In the summer, the mosquitos and blackflies are swarming and they are about the size of hummingbirds.

Otherwise, it's a really great state.

Hey, all you homos! Am I the only one concerned that Ace is lying somewhere with an icepick sticking out of his back?

Yes.

Why? Does the cold air make your already tiny wee wee shrink to near invisibility?

No, but it makes my O-rings contract, leading to hot gas leakage and eventual blowout.

Ace is in Naples FL waiting to live blog the looting, murder and canibalism.

Or to start the looting, murder and cannibalism

Launch pads are obsolete. We need a space elevator.

Go piss up a rope, BrewFan. We Michiganders can take the cold. And the snow. And the ice.

But can a space rocket? One little hunk of the Owens-Corning go wrong and your space shuttle is a flyin' coffin. Plus, you cheeseheads have this wierd thing for cows, and that ain't right.

As a former cheesehead now living in Hawaii, I can assure you there is much more to Wisconsin than beer, brats, and cheese. To wit:

The biggest, meanest, ugliest lesbians I've ever seen - thank-you Madison.

I'm a former Michigander (Ann Arbor), so I can identify with Mikey.

And I just want to second his sentiment:

Piss up a rope, Brewfan.

In fact, EAT ME, buddy, yeah, EAT ME.

Madison = Berkeley of the mid-west

Moonbats abound, but the best gyros I ever had was in Madison.

Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn't just Ann Arbor. I also lived for several years in a trailor park in Ypsilanti (Ypsi Mobile Village on E. Michigan Ave., to be precise). I'm telling you this because I want to be totally honest, and I know you are all kind people who will not use this against me in the next flame thread.

Well, if you want full disclosure, my trailer trash pedigree is more extensive. After graduating from UM, I got that trailer hauled to the Chicago area where I studied law.

So I learned about the law. And I learned that you can get to know a lot of remarkably interesting and intelligent people in trailer parks.

Back then, I vowed to myself that I don't ever want to wake up and find out that everyone I care about has a six figure income and a graduate degree.

I'm keeping that vow.

Stupid fucking UPI, Sheboygan would be the state's CAPE CANAVERAL... ain't shit that takes off from Houston. Fucking MSM at it again.

Hmmm... maybe that was a little harsh.

So what happens to space travel once the creature eats Sheboygan?

(Anybody getting that reference is just as sad a geek as I am, neener.)

Sad geek reporting in!

I also lived for several years in a trailor park in Ypsilanti (Ypsi Mobile Village on E. Michigan Ave., to be precise).

[snort!]

Plus, you cheeseheads have this wierd thing for cows, and that ain't right.

I've been to Michigan and I don't know how you would know the difference between a cow and a woman.

Dr. Symes -

Come. Smell our dairy air.

Yours &c,

Cheeseheads.

[Homer] mmmmmmm beer, cheese, sausage uuuhhhhhh...[/Homer]

You say "beer, cheese, sausage, and polka" as if it is a bad thing...

WTF is up with that?

Ypsi Mobile Village

What the hell is that, some diorama you made in 7th grade?

Geek reporting for duty, My Emperor.

BrewFan - we call them "snow cows" over here. Too much snow, snackin' and Oprah ain't good for their figures.

Sinner,

No, not bad.

But not exactly rocket science, either.

Full disclosure, I often go to Wisconsin.

True.

I like Wisconsin.

I do.

Really.

Especially, the beer, sausage, polka, and beer.

Hey, during the 7th inning stretch at Miller's Park (where the Milwaukee Brewer's play baseball), after the crowd is treated to America the Beautiful it hears...Roll Out the Barrell and AS AN ADDED BONUS...People dance polka-style on top of the dugouts!

!!

Just sayin'.

What the hell is that

Ypsi Mobile Village is the actual name of a trailor park I once called home that used to be in Ypsilanti, Michigan many years ago. "Ypsi" is locally the common shorthand for Ypsilanti (named after some famous Greek guy), which is just east of Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor

That would be a great name for a chick secret agent.

Been to both MI and WI. Both great states! Love fishing on the lakes in summer and snowmobiling on those frozen f'ers in the winter. Been on a couple of great benders in Madison, WI.

And 'mobile home villages' are the single greatest bastion for prostitutes, pedophiles, and pushers. Not to mention favorite targets fer tornaders! The shanty villages on the west side of the river ain't got shit on trailer parks.

Isn't there a musical about a spaceport in Wisconsin?

'mobile home villages' are the single greatest bastion for prostitutes, pedophiles, and pushers. Not to mention favorite targets fer tornaders!

What about UFO's? Maybe this is where Sheboygan would get its edge in the space race.

Ahhh... Mikey and Pixy Misa. I KNEW that the Geek Brigades would come through.

We Will Rule the WORLD!

Inasmuch as we don't already, but that's beside the point.

I feel much better now :-)

An enterprising Google Searcher might find Greg Costikyan's gaming website where one could play the game online. :)