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NASA Overjoyed at Catch From Stardust
mknewman wrote to mention a New York Times report that the Stardust project has exceeded NASA scientist's expectations. From the article: "While they had expected mostly microscopic samples, the researchers said, a surprising number of the particles were large enough to be seen with the naked eye ... The cargo in the Stardust's sample container, which was opened Tuesday, 'was an ancient cosmic treasure from the very edge of the solar system,' Dr. Brownlee said. Scientists believe that these particles are the pristine remains of the material that formed the planets and other bodies some 4.6 billion years ago."
The cigarette brand West sponsored the russian cosmonaut training center in the 90s.
When the Russians delivered the supply module for the ISS, the rocket carrying the module had a "Pizza hut" logo on the side.
When MIR dropped into the ocean, Taco Bell placed a 40*40 feet large floating target in the supposed drop zone and claimed free Taco Bell for all US citizens if parts of MIR hit the target.
Maybe Hoover could sponsor NASA expeditions.
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Did they pick up any of their space trash while they were out there?
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...some 4.6 billion years ago.
Of course they really mean about 6000 years ago.
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...when the lead scientist sneezes on it.
I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
I read TFA before posting. All it did was make me mad at baseball, too...
"This thing does science so hard, you say, 'I've never seen that much science.'" -Sam
NASA employee reading slashdot: Oh shit! I knew we forgot about something!
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
A massive jello-like object was reported in downtown Houston today, reportedly devouring eveything in it's path and growing exponentially. When asked for comment, scientists at Nasa's Johnson Space Center had this to say:
"Hey, doesn't that look like that little booger-looking thing Johnson said he found in the Stardust Capsule?"
"What? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the constant beeping of my bullshit detector..."
Reminds me of the hilarious Simpsons quote:
News Reporter: "(reporting on a space launch) Unbelievable, and just imagine the logistics of weightlessness. And of course, this could have literally millions of applications here on Earth -- everything from watchmaking to watch repair."
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"
What could go wrong? Relax.
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Nasa engineer: Hey anyone see the space dust?
Tyrone Biggums: Space dust? *sniffs* Uh... I don't know what you are talking about.
"I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
-Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
There has not *twitch* been any *twitch twitch* brain parasitic diseases *twitch* on that sample that got loose *twitch* whatever gave you that idea? *twitch twitch*
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$212 million for dust???
You say that now, just wait until the scientists find something in the dust that proves Intelligent Design. The flamewar would be immense.
"Scientists don't change their minds, they just die." -- Max Planck
They exposed it to UVA radiation in a hard vacuum for 4.5 billion years.
Dahlmann tightly grips the knife, which he may have no idea how to use, and steps out into the plain.
Great, you're just giving ammunition to all the looney conspiracy theorists challenging today's discovery of interstellar Cheeto powder in the comet trail!
Mr. President, sir, we have good news and bad news. The good news is we finally discovered extraterrestrial life; the bad news is they think we're tasty.
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