As the world hovers on the brink of losing a multimillion dollar space exploration vehicle, a faint signal crackles through the radios at NASA. Dan Caldwell, head of Receiving Extremely Faint Radio Signals from Millions of Miles Away, sleeps heavily by his console. His dog, Lassie, however is instantly alert to the sound, and dutifully awakens her owner with a bark. "what's that, girl?" Dan says sleepily. "WOOF, Dammit" "What's that?" "TIMMV (Terrestrial Interstellar Martian Mission Vehicle) is stuck in a one mile deep, one mile across canyon that we managed to completely not see while we were surveying the martian landscape for optimal landing sites?" The dog lays back down and goes to sleep. Do we really want these people to handle our space exploration? sheesh...im going to bed.. Meanwhile, a group of echelon scientists are working around the clock to determine where Lassie learned such colorful language.
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As the world hovers on the brink of losing a multimillion dollar space exploration vehicle, a faint signal crackles through the radios at NASA. Dan Caldwell, head of Receiving Extremely Faint Radio Signals from Millions of Miles Away, sleeps heavily by his console. His dog, Lassie, however is instantly alert to the sound, and dutifully awakens her owner with a bark. "what's that, girl?" Dan says sleepily. "WOOF, Dammit" "What's that?" "TIMMV (Terrestrial Interstellar Martian Mission Vehicle) is stuck in a one mile deep, one mile across canyon that we managed to completely not see while we were surveying the martian landscape for optimal landing sites?" The dog lays back down and goes to sleep. Do we really want these people to handle our space exploration? sheesh...im going to bed.. Meanwhile, a group of echelon scientists are working around the clock to determine where Lassie learned such colorful language.