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Jodrell Bank Telescope Gets No Signal From Beagle
tipiyano writes "Continuing the story of Beagle 2 from earlier today it seems like the hope for Beagle 2 surviving the landing at Mars is reducing as the Jodrell Bank telescope didn't receive any signal from Beagle. In the words of a mission manager, 'I wasn't too worried about the missed link with Odyssey, but it starts getting serious if Jodrell Bank cannot get a signal either'."
actually, it's Boxing Day and you're the target for my boxing.
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Seriously, most
Too bad Beagle 2 is down without a trace, I actually thought it had a chance.
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Everyone knows it is impossible to leave the earth. All space programs are fake, the Europeans didn't know that because they never tried so they just went up, their probe exploded at 70,000 feet (20,000 meters) and they just kept saying "oh, its on it's way." Now they have a nice cop out point. But in all honesty, this sucks. European success along with some Asian activity in moon missions may have reignited the failing NASA program which hasn't really done anything important (succesfully) since Hubble and even then they messed up pretty good. Oh! We forgot the lens, our b.
The New Root Council, kickin' ass sinc
Can't find Osamma can they? Little chance on Mars then.... Idiot!
This sig is in Spanish when you're not looking....
(Wonder if they buy their flying-saucer fuel from Halliburton?)
There are a number of people that may not get this joke. I will go ahead and explain it to them because, while being quite funny, its important that everyone know why.
Halliburton, as featured on the Jon Stewart show, has been receiving government contracts since the 1940s. A few years ago Halliburton began making massive oil export contracts with Iraq. Its important because this was during a period when Dick Cheney was at the helm. He still owns 8 million dollars worth of stock and receives undisclosed severence payments from them to the tune of 100,000 to 1 million dollars per year. While we was at the helm of the company he increased their business by a few billion dollars with the help of a few million dollar increase in federal lobby payments to important Republican congressmen.
Thats right, just before the U.S. went to war with Iraq its secretary of state was buying large quantities of oil from them. Once he got into office he left his post at Halliburton, but then offered them a contract to help "rebuild" Iraq.
Yeah, thats right, he left a corporation that was buying oil from Iraq, helped orchestrate a war on Iraq, then offered said corporation part of the contract to "rebuild" Iraq. All the while that corporation was giving money to the congressmen that would support said war.
So, as you can see, the joke is fairly dark humour that takes off on the fact that government officials often make waste (or in this case war) so their economic counterparts can make money. Very witty, and also worthy of being modded Interesting or Insightful.
btw for more information try google searches like Halliburton+Cheney, Halliburton+Iraq, Halliburton+contract, Halliburton+conspiracy, etc etc
-- "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." Jean Jacques Rousseau
Guess I'll burn a little karma here. Good god, you're a fucking idiot.
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I did not state a single theory. I didnt even imply a conclusion. All I presented were a few facts.
What you have done is assumed the conclusion you think I would draw given the efficacy of the facts.
Dont let assumptions get in the way of good reading skills.
-- "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." Jean Jacques Rousseau