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Planetary System Similar to Sol Discovered
Anonymous Coward writes: "The Washington Post is carrying its own copy about a planetary system very similar to Sol in the Big Dipper. 47 Ursae Majoris has at least two large gas giants in circular orbits, similar to many of Sol's satellites, and the possibility exists for smaller, currently undetectable rocky planets closer to the primary. Circular orbits are less common than highly elliptical orbits, and are more promising. Read the whole article to find out why."
Oh, what a witty comeback.
That's all you space cadets can ever come up with. Have you ever noticed that? Whenever somebody has the temerity to criticize NASA, the only argument in favor is fucking cookware?
Sweet mother of Jesus, how would we ever survive on this planet if it were not for Teflon?!? Why, just think of what it was like back in the olden days! I can not count the number of wars that were directly attributable to some general having his pancake stick to the skillet! And the plagues! God, who could forget those! Recent scientific studies have concluded that the Black Death was not caused by fleas from rats as once suspected, but in fact was due to a unique case of tendonitis that resulted from scouring the fry pan when the yak burgers prevelant at the time where left on a bit too long and some of the icky bits got burned right onto the bottom.
And there's more! Did you know that Teflon has reduced the number of catastrophic earthquakes by over 74%?!? And that non-stick cookware has been identified as a leading candidate as an AIDS vaccine? Or that traffic fatalities involving nuns could be eliminated entirely is their habits were coated with Teflon?
I must say that from the vantage point of 40 years of history, the billions and billions of dollars spent blasting monkeys into space has resulted in some of the mst important developments known to man. Clearly the invention of Teflon was well worth the cost, and the impact on society simply cannot be understated.