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James Cameron's Illustrated Mars Reference Design

Posted by michael on from the purty-picturez dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Terminator Director James Cameron commissioned renderings of the NASA Mars Reference Design [HTML, 4 PDFs]. The mission profile calls for a cargo ship sent ahead of a crew, a huge (Terminator-like?) rover, and inflatable habitats. It's not clear where Skynet and the T-800's hyper-alloy combat chassis fit in yet. Between now and then, the 5 Mars missions: 2005 Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, 2007 Phoenix and Netlanders, 2009 Science Lab Rover, and 2011 Scout. Skynet comes in 2026."

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  1. Skynet and Mars by DarkHelmet · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's not clear where Skynet and the T-800's hyper-alloy combat chassis fit in yet.

    What part of Arnold going to Mars do you not understand?

    I personally don't mind him going to Mars, just as long as This Terminator stays and becomes my personal bed buddy.

    Of course, since I browse Slashdot, that's never going to happen. Thank you OSDN! You've ruined not only my life, but my odds of scoring with her.

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  2. Being somewhat of a luxury by mccalli · · Score: 4, Funny
    James Cameron commissioned renderings of the NASA Mars Reference Design...

    What, Magrathea built Mars too?

    Cheers,
    Ian

  3. Been there already... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... or is it just one of those memory implant holidays??

  4. Design Reference Mission? by Trejkaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally a DRM we don't need to attack.

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