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'Curiosity' Lead Engineer Suggests Printing Humans On Other Planets

Posted by timothy on from the ok-use-the-wormhole-to-get-the-printer dept.

Jason Koebler (3528235) writes "Adam Steltzner, the lead engineer on the NASA JPL's Curiosity rover mission, believes that to send humans to distant planets, we may need to do one of two things: look for ways to game space-time—traveling through wormholes and whatnot—or rethink the fundamental idea of 'ourselves.' 'Our best bet for space exploration could be printing humans, organically, on another planet,' said Steltzner."

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  1. Re:Yeah, no... by fizzer06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can just imagine them into existence. And then some unicorns.

  2. Re:Mad Scientists' Dream by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's print up 20,000 Sarah Palin's on Orionis IV just for the hell of it.

    Oooooh. And 5 Justin Biebers. And then televise what happens next.

  3. Re:Yeah, no... by NotDrWho · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love science fiction and fantasy. Can I also imagine a bunch of hot, sexy vampire women who want to take me away from my bitch wife and fuck my brains out?

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  4. The end by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just see it. A billion years from now, on a planet a trillion miles away, the last remaining message from the human race will be displayed in black pixelated letters on a small rectangular display: PC LOAD LETTER.

  5. With my luck by 50000BTU_barbecue · · Score: 4, Funny

    the cartridge would run out when it prints my wienus.

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