OS: Whatcha gonna watch? Endeavour, or Will and Kate?

From Orlando Sentinel's "The Write Stuff" blog:

Whatcha gonna watch? Endeavour, or Will and Kate?: "
When NASA moved its launch target from April 19 to April 29 a few weeks ago, all sorts of science, engineering, weather, celestial and readiness factors were considered.

But not social ones. Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for space operations, conceded in a press conference Tuesday that they overlooked a potential public interest conflict: the April 29 royal wedding of British Prince William and Catherine “Kate” Middleton.

“I haven’t yet put on our manifest charts: wedding constraints,” Gerstenmaier quipped. “So we haven’t factored that in yet.”

NASA made that launch date official Tuesday, setting up for a 3:47 p.m. launch on April 29. That’s almost 10 hours after the royal wedding is to start.