First Man To Mars?

An anonymous reader writes "Lee Goldberg posted this story which he says is "...the true story of how I sent the first interplanetary necro-cosmonaut to Mars." An entertaining read."

Comments

This is cool

[Ryan Amos]

While it is a tad sentimental and sappy, it's cool to see these little "easter eggs" on public projects. It's especially cool that it means something (even if the promise was made under duress of alcohol. ;)

Re:How serious is this article?

[eclectro]

At first thought this might seem to be a concern. But remember, these were ashes that had come from a fire. On top of that, read the story carefully to see that the ashes were mixed with an epoxy, then sealed in a metal cube. I seriously doubt that there is even a remote chance of stray bacteria being there.

'640K RAM is enough for anyone'

[Jacco de Leeuw]

Bill Gates [never] said we'll only ever need 640K.

('Never' added, as implied on the supplied link to urbanlegends.com).

Of course Bill Gates has an excellent memory and never tells any lies.

Re:How serious is this article?

[SystematicPsycho]

I knew I wasn't imagning this -

NASA is considering a plan to crash Galileo at the end of its mission into Jupiter to avoid the possibility of the satellite contaminating possible life on Europa. (July 4, 2000) Nasa Probes Crashing Explorer