Odyssey Arriving at Mars Tonight

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Odyssey Arriving at Mars Tonight

Posted by michael on Monday October 22, 2001 @11:31PM from the home-from-the-wars dept.

moloader writes: "Odyssey will arrive at Mars on October 24, 2001, 0230 Universal Time (October 23, 7:30pm PDT/ 10:30pm EDT). As it nears its closest point to the planet over the northern hemisphere, the spacecraft will fire its 640-newton main engine for approximately 19.7 minutes to allow itself to be captured into an elliptical, or looping, orbit about 20 hours long. Go Mars!"

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I sense a 100% by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-22 23:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

On my calculus quiz today! Oh yeah! Harder! Derivatives! Integrals!
Can you imagine by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-22 23:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

a beowulf cluster of these shoved up your rectum?
Re:Truly amazing ! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-22 23:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Suck my teflon coated, microchip-packed, inspiration-to-generations rocket, trollboy.
first post by Ross_f · 2001-10-22 23:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first post ooooh yeah the rossman is good.
1. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  You're like almost 30 minutes late. What kind of drugs are you on???
Re:.....And end up crashing... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-22 23:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

succumb
Re:orbit about 20 hours long? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Get your ass to Mars"
Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I heard on CNN today that our ground troups over in Afghanastan have surrounded Osama Bin Laden within a 20 mile by 20 mile area. Unfortunately it's impossible to seal the area completely so escape would be possible.

Is it any coincidence that this even occured around the same time the Mars orbiter is comming into Mars orbit, I think not.
1. Re:Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I heard on CNN today that our ground troups over in Afghanastan have surrounded Osama Bin Laden within a 20 mile by 20 mile area. Unfortunately it's impossible to seal the area completely so escape would be possible.
  
  Afghanastan is about 650,000 sq. kilometers, which is slightly larger than the state of Texas. So the country really isn't all that big.
2. Re:Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Is it any coincidence that this even occured around the same time the Mars orbiter is comming into Mars orbit, I think not. Huh?
  I don't get it. What's the connection?
  Anyway, my karma just reached 50. What happens now?
3. Re:Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Is it any coincidence that this even occured around the same time the Mars orbiter is comming into Mars orbit, I think not.
  
  Huh?
  I don't get it. What's the connection?
  
  Hmmm... maybe he's suggesting that the alleged Mars orbiter is really a spy satellite around the Earth?
4. Re:Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  he's going to be raped in the ass and tortured to death. Like Jeffrey Dahlmer.
  What do you mean?
  If someone gets raped in the ass and tortured to death in our prisons, the media should react and further steps should be taken to prevent this kind of insanity.
5. Re:Osama by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  he's going to be raped in the ass and tortured to death. Like Jeffrey Dahlmer.
  
  What do you mean?
  
  If someone gets raped in the ass and tortured to death in our prisons, the media should react and further steps should be taken to prevent this kind of insanity.
  
  Psh ... no one gave a crap out that psycho serial killer faggot who ate other humans... and definately no is going to care about this Islamic psycho faggot who murdered thousands of Americans... Hell, they could have is execution held at the Super Bowl and put it on Pay Per View T.V... they'd make millions.
Re:Pre-Arrival News Conference by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That's probably because they were Slashdot Readers!
Re:Pre-Arrival News Conference by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

They sure looked like Slashdot readers.
Especially Bob the navigation guy.
Re:Hmmm, wait! It's closer to Jupiter! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 00:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

H0 H0 H0! Good one! How bout reading the previous 30 "miles/km" super humor posts.
Re:Commander Taco by 348 · 2001-10-23 00:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

LOL, actually it was Taco himself. When he wrote the infamous First Post Script. But that aside, it would have to be Signal 11.

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I admit it. by 91degrees · 2001-10-23 01:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It was blatant Quayle plagarism. Well spotted.
Re:Pre-Arrival News Conference by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-23 01:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You mean like you?
Re:640 Newtons by dev!null!4d · 2001-10-23 01:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

can they run linux...
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these !!!

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Re:640 Newtons by [amorphis] · 2001-10-23 05:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

funny, but whomever modded that up as "Informative" is smoking crack.