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Nigeria Joins the Space Age
nuke-alwin writes "The Age is reporting that Nigeria has joined the space age by sending a satellite into space from Russia. The satellite will be used for environmental monitoring and to keep an eye on oil pipelines."
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shouldnt taht read: In soviet russia the space age joins nigeria ?
i am writing you from the nigerian space ministry. you have been reccomended to me as a vey honest rocket scientist. i need your help to retirieve an unclaimed satelite!!! if you could send me your current space shuttle, fully fueled, i promise to award you half of the satelite for your assistance. this is of the utmost confidentiality due to the senistve nature of......
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Good stuff, now maybe that dolt Bush will have a reason to get up there again.
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Great job nigeria, but i'm afraid it's too late to reach alpha centauri as the The russians have already launched their spaceship 70 turns ago. With a 100% survivability rating, it seems the russians will win despite the American's higher civilization score.
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So, this is what all the money they raised with those scam emails was used for.
How ya like dat?
Okay, so Nigeria won't be entering the Federation any time soon.
"Derp de derp."