"...you'd think astronauts would be dismissive of Bowie's "Space Oddity," detailing, as it does, astronaut death. Not the case."

Actually, they changed the words so as not to include the death part at all. The "tell my wife i love her very much" and "your circuit's dead, there's something wrong" lines were replaced by some drama-less re-entry talk. They gave a happy ending to a song about a not-so-happy ending, skipping over the whole point of the damn thing.

Geez, don't let these guys get a hold of '2001: A Space Odyssey' -- they would make the apes vegetarians and would have HAL be more understanding and not so murderous.

Also, NOTHING TO SEE HERE, FOLKS!

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.s…