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ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus
teeto writes to tell us The International Herald Tribune is reporting that the European Space Agency is planning to send a spacecraft to peer at Venus." From the article: "If the robot craft pulls off the complex maneuver of slowing down enough to swing into orbit, scientists hope it will help solve the mystery of how the shrouded, churning atmosphere of Venus formed and how it maintains the planet's broiler-like temperatures."
Venus once had a thriving civilization, much like Earth, but they burned their fossil fuels and ruined their environment. DON'T BE LIKE VENUS!
Now that's some good engineering!
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At least the ESA can probably convert from old timey to scientific measurements properly.
<Mission control> Spacecraft 1, you are currently 1300 rods from impact, at a fuel consumption rate of 4 7/16 hogshead per mile. Be advised.
<Spacecraft> WTF?!
Poor planet, can't people leave it alone. It's just minding its own business and here come some dudes probing it. Would you want that, your just bumming around and whamo! probe to the ass in the name of science.
Stop planet Abuse now!
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"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." -Jesus Christ The Lord's Prayer
Wouldn't it be wild if we'd come to earth hundreds of thousands of years ago from Venus, seeded only by "Adam and Eve" who were a bit like breeding Superman(s), while the Venusian civilization died, and the one on Earth began to rebuild from scratch?
Wild, dude. BTW, pass that bong to me when you're done with it....
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Maybe the inhabitants of Venus are being used as batteries for the computers that run the place.
Before that, they darkened the skies with CO2 in an attempt to destroy the computers.
Regarding the Zeppelins, maybe the Venutians are highly advanced (or the AI is) and if we were to go to war with Venus, we'd lose and be turned into batteries in an instant. NASA knows this and tell us that there is no life on Venus because we can't risk being turned into batteries. This is also why stories of Martians or far more prevalent than stories of Venutians kicking Terrans(or Earthlings) ass; to take away the focus.
if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
Hey Man... My wife is from Venus.
Don't be apathetic. Procrastinate!