Oy, NASA

"No doubt there is some degree of finger crossing." -- A NASA test director on the space agency's plan to launch Discovery tomorrow even though it never identified the cause of the fuel sensor problem from last week.

CUT TO: Shuttle astronauts eating meal before boarding craft

ASTRONAUT 1: Well, thank goodness they'll be crossing their fingers as they light those solid rocket boosters that can't be turned off.

ASTRONAUT 2: Yeah, that's good enough for me! Because billions of dollars of technology should always rely on crossed fingers to work properly! Especially when there are seven lives on the line!

(And I'm a big supporter of the space program. Erg.)