John Scalzi's "Old Man's War"

I'm presently reading John Scalzi's book Old Man's War. I became interested in John Scalzi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi) when I learned that he was hired as a consultant for "Stargate: Universe." When I was able to pick up Old Man War's at Books-A-Million for $2.97 plus tax, I decide to read it.

NASA Space Shuttle

I went to NASA's website and saw the the Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch for the International Space Station at 1420 EDT today.

Golf of Mexico - Transocean Drilling

I am at this website, http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/, getting some information on the oil spill.
The latest information is available as text files that download to your computer and there are some photos.
And I will be reading the latest information offline.
According to this website, this information is about the 20 April 2010 incident involving the drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon in the US Gulf of Mexico.