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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Chit Chat _ Start calling Pluto an asteroid...

Posted by: Oersted Jan 21 2009, 04:33 PM

Ok, not very scientific, but quite funny!

A clear foray into a banned area, but a very funny one.

Posted by: PhilCo126 Jan 21 2009, 05:27 PM

Well, we still have to wait some 6 years before we'll finally see how PLUTO really looks like

Posted by: SFJCody Jan 21 2009, 09:40 PM

I guess there is such a thing as too much disposable income

Posted by: djellison Jan 21 2009, 10:01 PM

Very funny and all that but.....just a polite reminder.

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- 1.9 Other banned subjects : Is Pluto a Planet? Conspiracy Theories. New Physics. Sci-Fi engineering. Anything that fits in the category of 'Pseudoscience'

Posted by: ngunn Jan 21 2009, 11:47 PM

"A clear foray into a banned area, but a very funny one."

Doug, I know you're not a sci-fi fan but that does remind me of an immortal line from Jean-Luc Picard:

"There can be no justice when the law is absolute."

Posted by: sci44 Jan 21 2009, 11:59 PM

Poor Pluto, even banned from UMSF. sniff.

Well if 'asteroid time, Im going down the pub!

Posted by: lyford Jan 22 2009, 12:45 AM

Perhaps this could legally reside in the Chit/Chat - Humor side of things instead of official Pluto business?

Posted by: tedstryk Jan 22 2009, 12:58 AM

QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 22 2009, 12:47 AM)

"A clear foray into a banned area, but a very funny one."

ngunn, I wrote that line.

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Jan 22 2009, 01:21 AM

QUOTE (lyford @ Jan 21 2009, 04:45 PM)

Perhaps this could legally reside in the Chit/Chat - Humor side of things instead of official Pluto business?

Ummm.... look up.

Posted by: djellison Jan 22 2009, 07:59 AM

QUOTE (sci44 @ Jan 21 2009, 11:59 PM)

Poor Pluto, even banned from UMSF. sniff.

No. Not true. Pluto discussion is great. Is Pluto a Planet, however, is not. This thread is fine, but there are members who shall remain nameless who will take ANY opportunity to break that rule, and run with it.

Posted by: ngunn Jan 22 2009, 10:09 AM

QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 22 2009, 12:58 AM)

ngunn, I wrote that line.

Aah, then the enlightened philosophy of Starfleet could have entered the picture???

Posted by: K-P Jan 22 2009, 01:27 PM

Bravo!

Posted by: Oersted Jan 22 2009, 03:05 PM

The image, btw, reminds me of this animated short of the end of the world... - with a lovely japanese voice-over.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPvGUf_7nM

Posted by: ilbasso Jan 22 2009, 05:47 PM

QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 22 2009, 10:05 AM)

The image, btw, reminds me of this animated short of the end of the world... - with a lovely japanese voice-over.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPvGUf_7nM

Looks like the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion is the place to take your picnic lunch to watch the end of the world. Wear your SPF 40 sunblock and bring an asbestos overcoat!