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Posted by: elakdawalla Dec 4 2011, 11:58 PM

OK, that is hilarious. Why don't we have such games? For every time somebody suggests how they should have included fans/electrostatic discharge devices/wipers to clear the dust off Opportunity's solar panels, drink.

Posted by: nprev Dec 5 2011, 12:05 AM

Oh, great. Like I'm NOT two staggers away from rehab already...

Posted by: stevesliva Dec 5 2011, 12:22 AM

Or reflying more MERs, or suggesting a reusable spacecraft architecture of some sort.

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Dec 5 2011, 02:34 AM

...or using the IDD and its arm to push, pull or whack at things.

Posted by: sgendreau Dec 5 2011, 07:03 PM

Well, why NOT fly more MERs? [tips glass]

Posted by: algorimancer Dec 5 2011, 07:54 PM

Because we should be flying more MSL's?

Truth is, we do seem to be approaching something like a standardized Mars rover design. Of course, if we dropped a few dozen of them on Mars, we'd need corresponding teams of scientists and engineers to manage them, which starts getting expensive and is limited by the supply of qualified people.

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Dec 5 2011, 08:23 PM

Couldn't we use the RAT brush to clean off the solar panels? [GULP]

Posted by: stevesliva Dec 5 2011, 08:26 PM

I just don't like their latitude.

Posted by: brellis Dec 5 2011, 09:47 PM

I volunteer to take a swig for the team each time I say the Kepler mission needs to carry on for many more years!

Posted by: djellison Dec 5 2011, 10:50 PM

Anytime anyone says 'Earth Like' in conjunction with Kepler results.... drink.

Anytime anyone says 'Couldn't you use fans to blow it off?' about MER and dust... drink.

Anytime anyone says 'That looks scarey/crazy/mad/bound to fail' about MSL EDL... drink.

I used to play this with 'When can I have an iPad version' regarding Eyes on the Solar System...but my doctor told me to stop, unless I wanted a liver transplant by Easter.

Posted by: stevesliva Dec 5 2011, 11:29 PM

This isn't rocket science!

oh, wait...

Posted by: PDP8E Dec 5 2011, 11:48 PM

"This is a major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," Douglas Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.

Posted by: djellison Dec 6 2011, 12:56 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCMtk695Cg

Posted by: lyford Dec 6 2011, 01:07 AM

"announces possible evidence of water on Mars"

Make mine a double!

Posted by: djellison Dec 6 2011, 01:09 AM

And if it's ESA - make it a triple.

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Dec 6 2011, 01:44 AM

The brain surgeon guy has exactly your accent Doug -- if you still have one.

Posted by: volcanopele Dec 6 2011, 02:57 AM

Great, now it will be Robert Webb's voice I have in my head when ever I read a post or tweet from Doug...

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Dec 6 2011, 08:41 PM

Maybe we need to find an even steeper slope so that the dust slides off.

Posted by: climber Dec 6 2011, 09:37 PM

Wrong topic Dan! Let's have a drink...Doug's gona tell you about TV screens

Posted by: Explorer1 Dec 7 2011, 07:54 AM

Just let a dust devil clean off the panels, duh!

Posted by: stevesliva Dec 7 2011, 11:13 PM

Voyager has reached the edge of the solar system!

Posted by: charborob Dec 8 2011, 08:08 PM

Martian gullies have finally been explained.

Posted by: sgendreau Dec 8 2011, 09:49 PM

Yeah, because WE found LIQUID WATER!

Posted by: nprev Dec 8 2011, 10:49 PM

Well, aside from the "liquid" part, discovering water on Mars for the googleplexith (sp?) time is definitely enough to induce cirrhosis in THIS game...

Posted by: climber Dec 8 2011, 11:03 PM

Yep! We're going to be pretty hydrated soon!

Posted by: Astro0 Dec 9 2011, 12:20 AM

Drink everytime Stu says:
"This is not 1000% accurate, just me messing about"

or whenever he adds a lens flare to an image

Sorry Stu, I couldn't help myself

Posted by: Stu Dec 9 2011, 06:08 AM

Haha! Busted!

Posted by: mps Dec 11 2011, 08:44 PM

Something is explained by a giant impact.

Posted by: nprev Dec 12 2011, 12:36 AM

Good one!!!