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Messenger Flies by Mercury

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fun-in-the-sun dept.

Riding with Robots writes "Today, more than three decades after the last spacecraft visited Mercury, Messenger buzzed just 200 kilometers above the planet's surface. During the encounter, the robotic spacecraft conducted a range of scientific observations, including imaging swaths of Mercury's surface that have never been seen up close before. A few of the first pictures are now available, with many more to come in the next few days."

15 of 170 comments (clear)

  1. F1RST P0ST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm a troll.

  2. Did it spot any by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    niggers?

    I hear Mercury is excellent for crispy fried chicken!

  3. I have a "Message" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    niggers suck and FUCK YOU

  4. NASA's primary concern by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Niggers & African Spooks Association is concerned with the viability of watermelon on Mercury. "Wouldn't the water evaporate?" they are asking.

    This is a pressing concern for the NASA community.

  5. Re:Messenger's next destination by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's messages like this that make me wish there was a (-1 WTF) moderation.

  6. Photos are FAKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i don't see any stars or the sun shining off the planet.. BOGUS

    proove me wrong..

    what you have no proof?

  7. cu4m by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    While the project else to be an [slashdot.0rg], there are about 700 work that you BUWLA, or BSD cycle; take a this very moment, own lube, beverage, would you like to

  8. I wonder what will be on the other side! by Jugalator · · Score: -1, Troll

    Imagine if there's a fully operational star base there!

    Or a giant erect penis crafted out of the rock itself?

    The mind boggles!

    --
    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
  9. Hi res mercury photos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey guys, here's a link to a page with a few hi res mercury photos

  10. Oh, sure. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like niggers can use computers.

    Or type.

    Or read.

    Nigga, please.

  11. h@te by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    redirects to: h22p://slashdotcity*myminicity*fr

  12. yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FTA:

    System Requirements

            * '$100-200.00' license fee for usage
            * Cheese grater
            * 76 IQ maximum (any more and KERNEL32 takes a dive)
            * an LPG surround disk system with hypothermulating disk space with Dincarfrigulting wtf files
            * Chinese umbrella
            * Toothpicks to unclog the fucking sewage inside the hard drive
            * A two-sided dildo to smack the monitor with if faulty picture emerges
            * moist and pasty dog urine to smear all over the case
            * A seven-headed armadillo (connected to SCSI port) to decrypt the .rar algorithm

  13. Re:trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't have an answer to your query, but may I ask your position on the subject of niggers?

    If you're on the fence, I think I could convince you of my viewpoint. Let me know.

  14. Re:Messenger's next destination by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    put that moderation in your butt.
    put a police station in your butt.
    put some Haitians in your butt.

    I got nothin'.

  15. fi8s@t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But many f1nd it may be 4urting the