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NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass Into Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-all-in-the-name-of-science dept.

ByronScott writes "Early this morning NASA kicked off Operation LENS, an ambitious plan to concentrate and collect solar power using a giant magnifying glass in outer space. Long speculated to be a rumor, the 7,000,000 ft. wide lens was fabricated over the course of the past three years and launched from Cape Canaveral much to the dismay of almost every scientist in the world. While the first phase went exactly as planned, the plan hit a major snag when the magnifying glass began to work a bit too well, and ended up scorching large regions in the western hemisphere."

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  1. Re:LOLOLOLOL by Intron · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Finally I found out what's going on with slashdot. The site was abandoned and given to a class of 7-year olds at a Minneapolis public school who are now the editors and story submitters. This explains kdawson, the Idle section and the flash which is now appearing at the top of every article.

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    Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
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