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NASA Produces Rap Video On Astrobiology

Posted by samzenpus on from the nerds-do-the-darndest-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You've seen the Large Hadron Rap by Kate 'Alpinekat' McAlpine. Now a NASA magazine has commissioned an astrobiology rap. Jonathan Chase, aka 'Oort Kuiper', produced a six-minute YouTube rap video on astrobiology, the scientific search for extraterrestrial life. The lyrics include: 'We've been on Earth for many years and we are still producing answers; as time passes, collective knowledge advances.' This epic rap battle sees Alpinekat/CERN on top with over three million views on YouTube compared with about ten thousand for Oort Kuiper/NASA."

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  1. When you're too stupid.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...to learn to play an instrument and write your own music, just steal someone else's, talk all over it and call it "rap".

  2. Re:Black Helicopters by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    There were no black helicopters.

    Thanks,
    unnamed government agency who is not the NSA, DIA, DSA, CIA or FBI

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  3. It's a (w)rap! by Smivs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please, no more science raps. The LHC by Alpinekat is pretty unbeatable anyway. What next, a programming language? I can't wait for the C-rap!

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    1. Re:It's a (w)rap! by paniq · · Score: 5, Funny

      well, check out this appendage:
      don't be so object oriented.
      The C programming language
      doesn't need to be defended!

      you believe in classes
      but C is for the masses!

      i f*ck you with my struct
      on this 24th september
      like it private and protected?
      better stroke my public member!

      now kneel down and dereference my pointer.

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  4. Re:Black Helicopters by dintech · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah-ha! That answers it. I always suspected the FDA... :)

  5. I would expect by Chrisq · · Score: 1, Funny

    That it is "Rap" with a silent "C".