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 Jun 10 2008, 04:33 AM
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OK, this image comes to mind as Phoenix attempts more sample delivery techniques.
Too soon?!  Sorry, couldn't resist  Astro0 |
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Jun 10 2008, 04:47 AM
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 Bad Astro0.....no donut! 
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jun 10 2008, 05:02 AM
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Hehe. They better start vibrating that TEGA instrument... there's a lot of sample to get through that screen!
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Jun 10 2008, 05:16 AM
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Jun 10 2008, 05:25 AM
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Good one.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 10 2008, 06:45 AM
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Thank you! We finaly know what happened to MPL !
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Jun 10 2008, 07:42 PM
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Nice one!
 You can just hear back at Phoenix HQ, 'What do you mean none made it through the screen? Keep digging!' -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.
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Jun 10 2008, 08:00 PM
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You have to be careful posting images like this ... it brought Phoenix operations planning to a standstill for a couple minutes before the laughter stopped.
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Jun 11 2008, 09:38 AM
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Jun 11 2008, 10:07 AM
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Rumor has is that Phoenix was seen digging on Mars in the spring of 2020 ... movie
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Jun 11 2008, 01:09 PM
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as appropriate a thread as any for this
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Jun 11 2008, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE (smh @ Jun 11 2008, 01:38 AM)  That was good thanks. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 11 2008, 03:06 PM
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Don't forget the all important discovery of water on Mars.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg |
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Jun 11 2008, 05:18 PM
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Sheesh - did you guys notice the number of downloads on Astro's original image? 2000 plus...
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Jun 11 2008, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE (tuvas @ Jun 11 2008, 03:06 PM) Don't forget the all important discovery of water on Mars. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg Ha! And all these silly scientists have spent over a billion dollars on this follow the water approach.
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Jun 11 2008, 06:11 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 11 2008, 07:24 PM) Ha! And all these silly scientists have spent over a billion dollars on this follow the water approach. Somebody must have risen the bar too high -------------------- |
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Jun 14 2008, 07:06 AM
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 Now I get it! No wonder the landing was successful. Look at all those peanut shells
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Jun 14 2008, 08:21 AM
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 Just for fun! A slight task: can you guess the microbial species I have mounted on the image? |
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Jun 14 2008, 01:01 PM
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Escherichia coli?
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Jun 14 2008, 01:08 PM
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Nope, actually, Bacillus subtilis and Yersinia pestis. That means: Don't send people to Mars
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Jun 14 2008, 07:27 PM
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Actually Yersinia pestis should be pretty harmless. You can't inhale it so you won't get pulmonary plague and I don't think rats are much of a problem on Mars.
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Jun 15 2008, 03:14 AM
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Jun 15 2008, 03:27 AM
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...oh, crap...shoudn't be laughing, but I gotta!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jun 15 2008, 03:37 AM
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Haha oh wow, nice one
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Jun 15 2008, 03:42 AM
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I'll go out on a limb and suggest that that particle will appear as an ordinary dust mote when the atomic force microscope resolves it. 
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Jun 15 2008, 03:48 AM
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Yet, will we see little green men walking on it?
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Jun 15 2008, 05:02 AM
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smh and Decepticon -- how do people come up with this stuff ?!? Hilarious! The Shakespearean comic relief! Wow! So this will be a new evolutionary lobe for UMSF -- Doug, did you ever suspect ....?!?
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Jun 15 2008, 06:40 AM
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Just One more...
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Jun 15 2008, 06:42 AM
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QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jun 15 2008, 01:40 AM) Just One more... Oooh... some would consider that a low blow. -------------------- - Matt
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Jun 15 2008, 09:14 AM
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Maybe if Phoenix digs just a little bit deeper....
Enjoy Astro0
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Jun 15 2008, 09:30 AM
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You missed part of the conversation Astro! Probably a MRO com issue
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Jun 15 2008, 09:35 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 15 2008, 10:14 AM) Maybe if Phoenix digs just a little bit deeper.... Genius!
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Jun 15 2008, 10:36 AM
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Wouldn't this shake things up..?
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Jun 15 2008, 11:20 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 15 2008, 06:36 AM) Wouldn't this shake things up..? My god... it's full of stars! -------------------- |
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Jun 15 2008, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jun 15 2008, 04:14 AM) Ha ha, perhaps like some bizarre fractal, Mars is constructed entirely of microscopic Mars faces of varying sizes! (But only under certain lighting conditions) -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.
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Jun 15 2008, 04:06 PM
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Following on from the recent discussion on recursion:
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Jun 15 2008, 04:59 PM
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HA HA now that Tops it!
Run Away thread!
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Jun 15 2008, 06:08 PM
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Jun 15 2008, 08:47 PM
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I know I posted this before in another thread, but I guess it seems appropriate to do so again here.
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Jun 15 2008, 10:30 PM
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Astro0, Airbag and others, hilarious stuff!
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Jun 20 2008, 07:09 AM
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Phoenix discovers ice on Mars!
Enjoy Astro0
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Jun 20 2008, 07:41 AM
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Makes me wonder, can the RAC take a picture of the SSI?
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Jun 20 2008, 07:41 AM
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Astro,
This is ...er..sublime
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Jun 20 2008, 08:04 AM
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Delicious!
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Jun 20 2008, 08:09 AM
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Question: How did we get from here
QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 15 2008, 07:14 PM)  to here? QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 20 2008, 05:09 PM)  Obviously the Martians are very good at hospitality. The first drink is on them -------------------- |
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Jun 20 2008, 04:47 PM
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Apologies for the outright theft and any other sins I may have committed lately.
Phil
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Jun 20 2008, 05:36 PM
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Hints of ice beneath Phoenix...
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 Jun 20 2008, 05:52 PM
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Great cartoons indeed... but I'm afraid the refreshing drink would evaporate immediately...
Haven't seen any cartoon of a completely frozen Phoenix Lander during the next Martian winter
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Jun 20 2008, 11:09 PM
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Not a cartoon as such, but I made this ages ago... not realistic now, based on what we know, but still makes me feel sad...
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Jun 21 2008, 06:01 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 20 2008, 05:47 PM) Apologies for the outright theft and any other sins I may have committed lately. Hey, look... ! http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/blogsPost.php?bID=209 -------------------- |
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Jun 21 2008, 08:58 AM
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Exclusive Wired Science interview with Phoenix via Twitter shortly after landing:
Wired.com: Finally, we’d love you to settle a matter of some debate on Twitter. Are you male or female? Phoenix: Good question! I've never thought about it. I'll give a peek under the deck with my robotic arm camera and get back to you on that... :-) |
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Jun 21 2008, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 21 2008, 02:47 AM) Apologies for the outright theft and any other sins I may have committed lately. Actually Phil, that's much funnier than my original. Hey, and we got onto the Phoenix website blog - how cool is that! Astro0 |
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Jun 22 2008, 04:49 PM
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QUOTE (Pando @ Jun 10 2008, 01:16 AM)  I sent the link to this thread to a friend and his response to the above image was ... Instead of WT_? it should have been "Rookie", or maybe "Stop playing in the sand and get to work slacker!" pat---- |
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Jun 23 2008, 05:30 AM
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I believe WT__? Conveys a perfect sense of sudden surprise the MER is feeling when it does a double-take at observing the absurd! yeh..
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Jun 23 2008, 12:44 PM
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If these robotic snafus have underscored the need for a manned mission, I have a good idea for a sponsor:
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Jun 23 2008, 02:53 PM
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I wish I could draw it, but it sure would be funny to see an alien trying to keep the TEGA doors closed... Maybe rubber cement or something like it...
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Jun 23 2008, 03:22 PM
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Zamboni! Bloody Genius!!!!
Plus it gets us back to rovers.... -------------------- Lyford Rome
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Jun 27 2008, 07:08 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 9 2008, 09:33 PM) OK, this image comes to mind as Phoenix attempts more sample delivery techniques.
Too soon?! Sorry, couldn't resist Astro0 Well that was just in time. A recent newsflash from Reuters confirms that Phoenix has been really busy with its sample delivery techniques... QUOTE The 1 cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of soil was taken from about 1 inch below the surface of Mars and had a pH, or alkaline, level of 8 or 9. http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/...634952620080626 |
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Jun 27 2008, 07:36 AM
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Well, no wonder the TEGA doors won't open! You have any idea how much a cubic meter of soil weighs???
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 27 2008, 10:47 AM
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Phoenix reports on soil pH...
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Jun 27 2008, 11:38 AM
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In the spirit of It's Just Humor, and in honor of Phoenix successes against adversity, please forgive the silliness:
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Jun 27 2008, 01:07 PM
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This thread is hilarious! Keep this stuff up!
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Jun 27 2008, 04:25 PM
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"Music by Evolved Gas"???
That would be a GREAT name for a band! -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 27 2008, 05:49 PM
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Ahem ..... the connotations for people not familiar with TEGA might be a problem ....
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 27 2008, 11:25 AM) That would be a GREAT name for a band! True! After all, cosmology tells us we are all evolved gas--or maybe I should speak for myself. -------------------- |
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Jun 27 2008, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jun 27 2008, 08:21 PM) True! After all, cosmology tells us we are all evolved gas--or maybe I should speak for myself. I seem to recall astrophysics lectures in which the universe consisted of three things - hydrogen, helium, and METAL. * Cue ridiculous guitar riff! * |
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Jun 27 2008, 09:35 PM
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" Ahem ..... the connotations for people not familiar with TEGA might be a problem "
Yes, they're calling it 'Bean Valley' now. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jun 29 2008, 08:46 AM
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'Beans-Asparagus-Turnips Valley' surely.
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Jun 29 2008, 09:13 AM
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"Evolved Gas".
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Jun 29 2008, 01:14 PM
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With apologies again to Astro0!
Headline: pH test results prompt more questions than answers!
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Jul 1 2008, 12:01 AM
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That gets a Phoenix Smiley from me!
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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jun 27 2008, 04:38 AM) In the spirit of It's Just Humor, and in honor of Phoenix successes against adversity, please forgive the silliness: AHHHHH!!! AHHHHH!!!! I can see that when I close my eyes!  *shivers and huddles in corner* -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Jun 27 2008, 12:38 PM) In the spirit of It's Just Humor, and in honor of Phoenix successes against adversity, please forgive the silliness: Pathetic Earthling An instant Classic. I cant stop laughing please post bigger version I cant wait for the Sequel: Flash Boynton Rescues the Snow Queen |
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Jul 1 2008, 12:05 PM
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Hilarious!
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Jul 1 2008, 12:25 PM
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QUOTE (mars loon @ Jun 30 2008, 09:43 PM) Pathetic Earthling An instant Classic. I cant stop laughing please post bigger version I cant wait for the Sequel: Flash Boynton Rescues the Snow Queen That project should get a green light no problem--boffo b.o.! As for a larger version, that was the largest "Flash Gordon" poster I could find & anyway Volcanopele might not recover from the trauma.
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Just my warped little mind at work again
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Jul 3 2008, 02:18 PM
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That's good.
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jul 3 2008, 03:07 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Huh. I didn't know that Phoenix & the MERs used the DoD supply system for ordering spare parts!
(Good one, Astro0! )
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 3 2008, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
When it positively, absolutely, HAS to be there....
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Jul 3 2008, 08:05 PM
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Thanks Astro, it's been a crappy day and that cheered me up
Mind you, you're all wrong. The spare parts were ordered, but unfortunately were sent from a UK Post Office. Naturally, even though it was an interplanetary delivery, the Post Office made sure the usual standards of service and geographical accuracy were strictly adhered to; one package made it (sort of - they'll blame it on the post code!) and the other suffered the usual fate:
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Jul 4 2008, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 11 2008, 08:24 PM) Ha! And all these silly scientists have spent over a billion dollars on this follow the water approach. How about just sending someone to fix the TEGA?!?!?!
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Jul 4 2008, 10:45 AM
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QUOTE (Ipparchus @ Jul 4 2008, 01:41 PM) How about just sending someone to fix the TEGA?!?!?! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE..!!! -------------------- "It`s one small step for a man. A giant leap for all mankind!" Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969.
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Jul 8 2008, 07:51 PM
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At the Phoenix Operation's Center, they have the telltale images posted, as well as a few others, including whirlwind, ice, life, and underground water. I only wish I could do the photoshop work or get the images myself...
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Jul 11 2008, 11:19 AM
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Twice as fast. Half the price. |
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Jul 14 2008, 08:11 PM
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In yesterday's comics section of the newspaper... For those of you who do not read Brewster Rockit, I highly recommend it!!
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Jul 17 2008, 02:33 PM
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Jul 17 2008, 10:39 PM
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Don't Worry, Be Happy!
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Jul 19 2008, 01:41 PM
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Just in case it trys to close again[attachment=15037:Sproingspansmall.jpg]
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Jul 19 2008, 07:05 PM
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I should think we would want to keep wrenches as far as possible from Phoenix.
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Jul 30 2008, 03:53 AM
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Don't let Ed Mitchell see this...
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Aug 1 2008, 06:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
OK, not actual humour, but I was asked by a radio station today while doing an interview about Phoenix if there was a song that would be appropriate to the story about water being confirmed on Mars.
I came across a song lyric that while not ideal, had some of the key words. The song is by Dan Fogelberg and it's caled Phoenix. I have no idea what it sounds like, but if anyone is interested here's a link to his website. Phoenix I have cried too...I have cried too long No more sorrow...got to carry on Found deep water before I'd even learned to swim Never thought I'd see the sun again Once I was a...once I was a man alone Now I've found a heart to call my home Like a Phoenix I have risen from the flames No more living someone else's dreams I have cried too...I have cried too long No more sorrow...got to carry on You almost had me, old lady You almost tied me down good You played the lady in waiting And I waited as long as I could Too long the songs have been silent Too long the strings have been still I never knew what you wanted And I guess that I never will Like a Phoenix I have risen from the flames No more living someone else's dreams I have cried too...I have cried too long No more sorrow...got to carry on EDIT: I think this will work, it's a link to hear the song. Note: It is a pop-up page from the Rhapsody website, so you may have to set your browser to allow for it. |
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Aug 1 2008, 01:06 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Good song. Lived it twice. Now I'm depressed...
...nah. On another thread, I made a reference to www.chucknorrisfacts.com, which chronicles a recent fad where the legendary abilities and achievements of the venerable action movie and television star are being documented in popular culture. Esteemed forum member mchan PM'd me with some of his own related to UMSF, and I'd like to share a few of mine from my response to him with the community. Feel free to add a few of your own, but beware: Chuck Norris is watching! Always!--- MPL didn't crash. Chuck Norris needed an HGA for his Martian summer home satellite TV, and no way was he going all the way to a Radio Shack on Earth. The Pioneer 10 anomaly is easy to explain. Chuck Norris likes to mess with JPL's heads by going out to it & giving it a little backwards push regularly. If you look closely enough at the best image of Ontario Lacus on Titan, you can see Chuck Norris skinny-dipping there. He has no shrinkage. Ever. Ranger 7 was the first successful probe in the series only because NASA finally decided to go with a rocket as the launch method rather than a roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris. There are rings around Uranus. They are there to help Chuck Norris aim when he kicks its a**. Q: What would you get if you crossed Chuck Norris with MSL? A: Dead. Nobody crosses Chuck Norris. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 1 2008, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 1 2008, 11:06 PM) Ranger 7 was the first successful probe in the series only because NASA finally decided to go with a rocket as the launch method rather than a roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris. Huh, I thought it worked because they used peanuts as the rocket propellant in stage 1 Astro0, I owe you an update of the script ... will email as soon as I get around doing it -------------------- |
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Aug 1 2008, 10:39 PM
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Humour or not - politics is still politics.
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Aug 1 2008, 11:56 PM
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Chia MECA... just add water.
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Aug 2 2008, 07:27 AM
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Chuck Norris facts are hyperbolic, just not in the astrodynamics sense.
E.g., There was once an IAU planet full of bad guys where the Asteroid Belt is now. That was before Chuck Norris got there. |
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Aug 2 2008, 01:18 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
, Mike!!! Chuck Norris is the top consultant at JPL. Whenever there's an anomaly, they call in Chuck Norris to stare down the console until it surrenders and does what he wants. (Not an original, but from the website I previously cited:) We are alone in the Universe. We weren't before Chuck Norris' first space expedition. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 2 2008, 06:36 PM
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The man that lives across the street from me is named Chuck Norris (no lie). He has a shaved head; he's probably in his late 40's/early 50's and has a huge belly and extraordinarily hairy back - which we know, because he insists on walking around his yard shirtless all the time. We refer to him as "Ugly Naked Guy," no apologies to "Friends"! I guess the shaved head is an improvement - he used to have a mullet, which was not any more attractive. Oh yeah, he and his wife like to have Druid ceremonies in their backyard on occasion.
So when you say "Chuck Norris," I'm having a mental image that's very different than yours! -------------------- Jonathan Ward
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
He won't last. The Universe surely cannot withstand the existence of two Chuck Norris' at the same time for very long.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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