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That assertion that Hennepin County roads were built so wide to accommodate the space shuttle in the event of emergencies?  It's satire, people. Really good satire.

Nick Magrino's exquisite commentary appears this morning in 

Magrino's essay didn't carry a disclaimer that it wasn't true, and people have a way of believing things they're told. So it is with the idea that Lyndale or Hennepin or any of those streets was a legit emergency landing site for the space shuttle. Why not? Really? You're asking why not?

, the Bemidji and Roseville native who was 

the longest-tenured flight director in the history of NASA.

The City Pages article contains the disclaimer at the end of the article.

By the way, if you're really interested in the nuts-and-bolts details of how to land the space shuttle, we recommend this account in the

 featuring former astronaut Charlie Precourt. Start at the 14:23 mark.

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That assertion that Hennepin County roads were built so wide to accommodate the space shuttle in the event of emergencies?  It's satire, people. Really good satire.


No, Lyndale Ave. wasn’t a space shuttle emergency landing strip

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