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NASA's Space Balloon Smashes Car In Australia

Posted by samzenpus on from the wrong-turn dept.

Humunculus writes "Of more worldly issues, NASA's latest multimillion-dollar stratosphere-bound balloon launch has gone horribly wrong and crashed into a car, turning it over and narrowly missing two elderly people who were observing the launch. The payload fared worse, reportedly being smashed into a 'thousand pieces.'"

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  1. "Hey! Lets play.." by Bananatree3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "whack-a-car! We're rollin' in taxpayer's money already. We might as well have some fun..." - Anonymous NASA scientist

  2. Re:could someone translate from australian for me? by Gates82 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dictionary.com

    Paddock
    3. Australian: any enclosed field or pasture

    I also think you have Australia confused with Austria.

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