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Ion Engine Propels Probe to Moon

Posted by michael on from the ludicrous-speed dept.

lenin writes "The BBC is reporting that Europe's first moon mission, SMART-1, appears to be a success thus far. It also talks about the low-cost technology being used and the charged xenon (ion) propulsion system. Can TIE-fighters be far off?"

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  1. SORRY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    shove it up your ass

  2. i bet. by sekzscripting · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I bet you that 99% of the people that post on Slashdot are Star Wars nuts. Goofy mother fuckers.

  3. Slowwww by ewithrow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since it's taking 15 months to get there, that means that the thing is traveling at an average speed of 22 MPH.

    They should have just launched my Buick Century to the moon and it would have gone faster...

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  4. Re:Fusial Thrust by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You only have to listen to the little green guy for a few seconds to realize there's an order to how the sentences are arranged. Turns out it's from latin grammar, but you don't need to know that to see the pattern if you're not a stupid dipshit.

    If you know not Fusial Thrust what is, no Jedi are you! Comes from the Force it does, very strong power, Dark Side it leads to can.

    This would have been closer to what you'd expect to hear in the movies, and thus actually funny:

    "If you know not Fusial Thrust, no Jedi you are. Comes from the Force, it does. Very strong power. Lead to the Dark Side, it can."

    You've failed as miserably at being funny as you fail at getting laid. Dipshit.

  5. Europe To The Moon? by E-Rock-23 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The United States was quoted yesterday as saying "Been there, done that."

    You all know what will happen when SMART-1 gets there: Brittain will claim it as a Commonwealth, the Germans will take it by force, France and Belgium will surrender.

    Screw unmanned probes. We have the technology, and have for the last 30+ years. Let's send people back on a more permanent basis already. Just not Europeans. There's a reason why the word lunatic exists, and guess where it was coined...

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