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Write Your Valentine On a Spacecraft

Posted by kdawson on from the geeks-in-love dept.

GingerSnaps writes "Looking for something more fun and less predictable than roses and chocolates this Valentine's Day? Write your love on the side of a satellite. This unusual approach to courting comes courtesy of students at MIT and Georgia Tech, as part of a larger initiative to pay for their research spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Biosatellite. For a tax-deductible donation anyone can post a picture or message of choice on the spacecraft. All donations help the students pay for the development and construction of their Earth-orbiting satellite, to be launched in 2010. The data gathered will be critical to preparing for human missions to Mars and beyond."

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  1. Ah, romance by The+Zon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing says "I love you" like etching your girlfriend's name onto a cold metal construct and shooting it into the black oblivion of space.

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    1. Re:Ah, romance by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Which is more romantic? a) Carving your name on a tree; or b) Writing your name on the side of a spaceship?"
      Ummm.. I think you forgot "c) Writing her name on a tree."
      Oh wait.... this is ./
      never mind....
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    2. Re:Ah, romance by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 5, Funny

      It definitely shows you're more caring than if you gave flowers. Especially if she's one of those ultra sensitive types who think plants have feelings.

      I know if I were a flowering plant, I'd be all like "Go with the spaceship idea, it's gold! Seriously, she'll love it! No!! Put the secateurs away. No, not that! AAAAARRRRGH!!!!! Aaaawww, did you have to hang a card from it?

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  2. Poetic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My love for thee burns like the flames of re-entry

    1. Re:Poetic... by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...or it might just be herpes.

  3. Re:Obligatory Joke by GFree · · Score: 5, Funny

    No matter. You'll just end up with a satellite full of "I Luv Linux!" and ponies on the side.

  4. Re:Ah, "wish you were here" by mnemotronic · · Score: 5, Funny
    Gee, now that my marriage is going down the tubes, what can I say that will express what I'm truely feeling for my soon-to-be-ex? What heartfelt emotion can I enscribe on the side of a chunk of metal headed for deep space that conveys how I feel? What trite, candy-heart message would I use?

    • Wish you were here.
    • Be someone else's.
    • Never did love you.
    • If you can read this, I'm happy.
    • You got my cars, my house, my bank accounts, my 401k, and my cat. But I got a crayon.
    • The sex was really bad.
    • Be my hero. Kill your lawyer.
    • h8u2
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