I witnessed a great example of why pushing the glass is a bad idea. My 5-year-old cousin had a habit of running out of the house at full speed, holding his hand at arm's length to push the glass door open. This worked okay -- the latch was broken so the door swung freely.

Then my uncle fixed the latch, sat the boy down, and very slowly, carefully explained to him that wouldn't work any more. (In one ear; out the other.) About five minutes later -- CRASH!!! Glass everywhere. It's amazing the boy wasn't hurt.

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Article could use some editing; Betelgeuse won't go supernova for at least 10,000 years, and some estimates go as high as 100,000. In any event, it's too far away to matter. Not that I expect 'stellar' scientific accuracy from Discovery.

My prediction is, the world ends right after I *finally* find a decent job.

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It's sad that they're trying to pass this off as a mistake due to the inexperience of new officers. This isn't a 'rookie mistake', it's a Texas mistake.