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Mission Complete! WMAP In 'Graveyard Orbit'
astroengine writes "The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has, quite literally, changed our view of the Universe. And after nine years of mapping the slight temperature variations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, its job is done and NASA has commanded the probe to fire itself into a 'graveyard orbit' around the sun. WMAP measured the most precise age of the universe (13.75 billion years), discovered more evidence supporting dark energy and dark matter theories, and found one or two mysteries along the way."
We put it in the Graveyard and wait for night to send it all the way.
Yeah, what would the Klingons do without deactivated shooting targets?
One that hath name thou can not otter
Or some SciFi writer discovers it and the damsels appear, followed by the evil tentacled villains . . .
Sounds like a day in the life of my Adamantine miners.
Yes, we're waiting for it to become a zombie, and then start killing satellites that are still working, turning them into zombies as well...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
This stupid thing would have accurately reported the age of the universe as 6,000 years (give or take a little) if only they hadn't launched it with a rocket (Satan's Gravity Sled).
Obviously shooting it off into space like that wrecked its sensors. They should have done it the way god said...by having Jesus throw it toward the dinosaur Adam and Eve were riding to church and letting it use its tail to blast it on its way like Babe Ruth done with them baseballs.
Who says us Creation Science people don't know what we're talking about!
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
It'll come back as W'AP looking for the creator.
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.