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Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station
Garabito writes "A spider that had been sent to the International Space Station for a school science program was lost. Two arachnids were sent in order to know if spiders can survive and make webs in space, but now only one spider can be seen in the container. NASA isn't sure where the other spider could have gone. I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords."
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I for one, welcome our ne.....
Damn you summary for stealing our memes!
If I were those astronauts, I'd be hoping the spider bites me.
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Is the other spider suspiciously... Larger?
Lost.
That's what the other spider claims, anyway. In other news, that spider just submitted a replacement for ReiserFS.
There's a spider...lost...in space.
*snicker**snort*
Samuel Jackson just got a 3AM phone call ...
All your webs are belong to us
In a late braking story, Joe the Spider has just begun the first satellite-to-satellite web hookup. Gone are the days of brick-and-mortar, WWW 3.0 is silk.
Go Mighty Joe.
In a place beyond time and space, in a land far better than this, look for me there...
there were redundant spiders. A must in space applications.
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The arachnid was sent in order to know if spiders can survive and makes webs in space...
makes? I makes teh webs and yous gives mes teh bugs. Otherwise, I eats other spiders.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
If right now, I were an astronaut wearing a spacesuit, I guess I'd be feeling kind of itchy all over...
Step 1: "Lose" toolbag in space
Step 2: "Lose" spider in space
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Space domination
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Only one spider could read.
...check the lid.
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I can't believe nobody's made a "Spiders From Mars" reference.
You never expect irony, do you?
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It's not really missing. It's just busy working on a collaboration with David Bowie.
This guy's the limit!
That's why Heidi let the bag go yesterday. I know my wife runs out of the room screaming when she sees a spider.
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"I for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords."
Why would you do that? Why would you put a classic reply in your summary of the article and rob some poster of a 5 Funny rating? You're just mean.
I have had it with these motherf***ing spiders on this motherf***ing space station!
(Sorry, couldn't resist...)
Did they check the tool bag? Oh, wait...
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...an alien probe named S'pdr will encounter the USS Enterprise.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
"I would guess: outside the container!"
Found it!
There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.
Stupid spiders, what do they expect to catch! Spiders are dumb.
Nah, its off filming the sequel to Snakes on a Plane... Spiders on the Shuttle
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The missing spider had GPS, but was unfortunately outside* the service range.
*above
Spiders on drugs is just as interesting. (Video) (Pictures)
Think about that before your next Jolt Cola.
They quoted a NASA official as saying that just because we can't see it doesn't mean it isn't in the box, we haven't opened the box to verify it.
Schrödinger's spider?
A spider that had been sent to the International Space Station for a school science program
And they say we don't spend enough on education.
Because for every spider we send to space, that's one less left here on earth trying to eat us.
I guess the big question at this point is exactly what species of spider were these two.
Especially, if it happened to be a non-cannibalistic species.
That would suggest that outer space turns spiders into cannibals.
Why haven't we seen this effect on humans yet?
Maybe it takes a while for those wacky cosmic-cannibal-rays to accumulate, and humans have just not been up in outer space long enough?
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The only reason that THC is illegal and caffeine is legal is because Big Caffeine is so powerful. Fuckin' JFK killed in Dallas, same place Starbucks started. Makes you think, don't it?
Don't bogart that thing, man. Pass it over here.
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Dammmit, you beat me to it. And with my nick, I should have got to it first. Or maybe not. It's uncertain.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
So we've got a spider with 8 arms, a bag of sophisticated tools, and a good source of mutagenic cosmic radiation. I don't like the look of this.
Why haven't we seen this effect on humans yet?
I was going to make a joke about how we had, and the Columbia disaster was actually a deliberate destruction so the public wouldn't realize NASA's cannibalism problem when only half the crew came back. But then I thought "Naw, too soon." But then I thought "Aw, what the hell."
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Those are traditionally referred to as 'nightmares'.
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Well I don't know I
Heard it started
Out
Of a
Small town just outside Dallas
However I might be wrong.
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Shuttle Flight: $500 million
Spider habitat: $9
Losing half of test subjects: Priceless
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
Images like that remind me of my ex-wife.
This ain't rocket surgery.
People, remember, this is s rigorous scientific experiment based on literally billions of dollars worth of equipment.
If you look at this scientifically, the obvious conclusion is that spiders in space have a 50% chance of spontaneously developing teleportation powers. This vital experiment should put to rest all the loonies who claim space can't do that to people, we have hard proof now.
The more pressing question is why didn't NASA talk about the gecko heat vision experiments in the next chamber over?
-Charlie
Actually, JFK was killed in Seattle, and THEY want you to think it was Dallas. That is how powerful THEY truly are.
"But this one goes to 11!"
The spider left after it found a robots.txt file.
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H ow c a n the people k n ow s o little about ho w S t arbucks j oined the CIA, the Ma f ia, and the K nights Templar to take out JFK?
But JFK shot first...
I would imagine that it simultaneously suffer death from a number of factors-
-asphyxiation. Spiders don't last long without oxygen; if they can drown easily, I'd imagine they need a constant supply of oxygen
-cook in the sun
-freeze solid in the shade
-crushed by passing toolbag
-overwhelming homesickness
-b
No offense, but I've stopped responding to AC's.
Yeah. That was too soon.
I still remember driving back in to town after a week of camping and seeing all the flags at half staff, leaving a lurching feeling in the pit of my stomach. Had we been attacked? Had our president been assassinated? I asked the people I came across on the street to find out what tragedy had befallen our country, but no one knew. I saw a news stand and went to it. It was there I saw the first images of the exploding ball of flame, ending the lives of Americans who sought to extend the boundaries that has always limited men. It was a day I'll never forget.
You insensitive clod.
My fellow Americans, let's restore the death penalty for child rapists. Let's do it . . . for the children.
It's good to see NASA testing out the major airlines' new inflight meals....
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That would certainly make me nervous, however the camel spiders I met during my time in 'the Iraq' nearly made me scream. I know they're not spiders per se...but they're pretty much what you would get if a spider had sex with a nightmare.
-=Bang Bang=-
Last piece of evidence was a spun note left in the box: "Jokes on you b*tches!" Yours truly -Charlotte
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So that's why Frodo survived.
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Actually youve probably eaten more spiders than spiders have eaten you.
so far
You're right, that was very insensitive of me. I'm sorry if I offended you. Now to smooth things over with the healing power of laughter, here are some cannibal astronaut jokes.
Q: What do you call an astronaut that leaves the ship without a space suit?
A: Frozen dinner.
Q: Why was the astronaut afraid to go back in the shuttle when she lost her tool bag?
A: She didn't want to get chewed out.
Q: Why were the astronauts upset when NASA invented a red wine equivalent of Tang?
A: Because everyone knows red wines don't go with white meat.
Ah, that was cathartic. I feel much better. You?
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In fact one doesn't have to worry about larger animals either
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one of the few things our army snipers have had to do
Well, I for one would be careful around those army snipers. I'd sooner take on a spider any day.
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