CNN is reporting that NASA engineers are trying to identify an object spotted floating away from the Space Shuttle STS 124 earlier today. According to the news reports, astronauts spotted a rectangular object about 1 to 1.5 feet long floating away from the tail of the shuttle. Here’s hoping that everything is all right with the space shuttle. However a certain part of me cannot help but wonder whether that 1.5 foot long object could be Buzz Lightyear escaping?! Recall that during this mission Buzz Lightyear was to fly with the Shuttle as part of a Disney promotion. NASA’s current theory is that what fell off was a metal clip. I’m not so sure about that and wonder whether Buzz may have taken off in pursuit of Emperor Zurg.

Link: CNN