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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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...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!
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..."
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)
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.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.