Atlantis returns. Spacemen: no change in earthly recession

We saw no signs of the recession in outer space

I know that when I leave town on a 2-day business trip, I expect to find great changes when I return. It's only natural; one leaves one's own environment, flies off to a totally different place, there's a change in the weather, major differences in the food and upheavals in conversation topics. Then you come back and hey! Nothing's changed since I left? Hard to believe-isn’t it?

Now you're an astronaut

So if the effect on a normal earth-bound human is surprising, imagine what an astronaut feels. He's been torn out of earth's gravity for 12 days, he has been in a state of weightlessness, his blood pressure is zero and the blood is probably circulating anti-clockwise, he has lost his connection to the stock exchange and in fact has been worrying that it may not be there and that he will have to start applying for all sorts of Personal Loans to make it through to the end of the month. His arrival has been delayed for 2 days, he was diverted to a different airport and he can't sue the airline.

What happened to the recession?

He puts one foot down gingerly onto mother earth and faces the crowd of reporters who have been hanging around the landing strip for 48 hours without sleep, food or cigarettes. "Welcome back to earth, Commander! How were things in outer space?" "All was okay. How's the stock exchange doing?" the reporter looks him as though he has been too near to the sun or the moon. "How did the crew behave, Commander?" "Fine. What's with the swine flu? Have the scientists isolated the guilty bug yet?" "No change. Commander, how was the food on the trip?" "Tasteless, as on all flights. Are there any changes in the housing market?" ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Atlantis returns. Spacemen: no change in earthly recession"