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Russia Plans Martian Nuclear Station

Posted by michael on from the dreaming-big dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that Russian scientists have announced plans to build a nuclear power station on Mars. They say that all the necessary technical drawings have now been completed, and all will be ready for the construction work to begin. The power plant should be up and running by 2030."

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  1. Er by cca93014 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Russia, Russian Russians Russia Russia?

    Oh, fuck.

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  2. In Soviet Russia, Martians fear YOU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [n/t]

  3. Re:Can't .... Resist! ....... by gr0ngb0t · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    South Park.

    it mighta been in Futurama, but its definitely from the Underpants Gnomes episode in South Park.

  4. no more by SHEENmaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I don't do America/Russia jokes anymore, haven't for ten years. Now I do observational commedy about relationships and stuff.", Yackov Shmirnov to Bobby Hill

    (Do we really want the soviets building ANYTHING that is REMOTELY dangerous? Don't give me that "cold war is over" crap either, I saw Stalin burst out of his coffin on the Simpsons!)

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    1. Re:no more by BrainInAJar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That was VI Lenin, you tool. Stalin killed a bunch of people, Lenin lead the revolution (and even if you don't agree with the ideology, getting a bunch of farmers & facory workers to rise up and defeat the Czar is a pretty impressive task)

    2. Re:no more by fenix+down · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      A brief history of the Soviet Union.

      Look, it's all right there. First, the proletariat siezes the means of prodution, then the Monopoly Man steals the black team's flag and steps on chunky Irish Luke Skywalker's nuts. I'm sure I don't need to explain.