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NASA Revamps Historic 4-Million-kg Mars Antenna

Posted by Soulskill on from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-bumper dept.

coondoggie writes NASA is working on some difficult renovations to reinvigorate its 70-meter-wide 'Mars antenna.' The antenna, a key cog in NASA's Deep Space Network, needs about $1.25M worth of what NASA calls major, delicate surgery. The revamp calls for lifting the antenna — about 4 million kilograms of finely tuned scientific instruments — to a height of about 5 millimeters so workers can replace the steel runner, walls and supporting grout."

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  1. In other news, Apple is happy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Antenna problems are not specific to the iphone.

    1. Re:In other news, Apple is happy. by Flea+of+Pain · · Score: 5, Funny

      I hadn't made used the joke yet!.

      In Soviet Russia, joke hadn't made used YOU!

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      Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
  2. 4 million kilograms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    4 million kilograms; why can't we just use metric as it was intended?

    4 Gigagrams.

    1. Re:4 million kilograms by Existential+Wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

      4 million kilograms; why can't we just use metric as it was intended?

      4 Gigagrams.

      4 nano hellagrams

    2. Re:4 million kilograms by plague911 · · Score: 3, Funny

      2 oprah winfreys?