News to me - Mars Rover Finds Definite Sign Of Life, Kent Brockman reports... |
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News to me - Mars Rover Finds Definite Sign Of Life, Kent Brockman reports... |
 Apr 3 2006, 09:55 PM
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-------------------- Eric P / MizarKey
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Apr 3 2006, 10:04 PM
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I have kept one eye out for aprils fool stories here, now I got a silly fun one - thank you.
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Apr 4 2006, 02:53 AM
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What will we do if a real discovery of alien life is made and announced
on April 1? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Apr 4 2006, 04:14 AM
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God help the NASA press officer that decides it would be a good idea to release that kind of news on April 1st.
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Apr 4 2006, 08:01 AM
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Doug!! A kook thread!! remove it!!
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Apr 4 2006, 10:16 AM
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Somewhere, I have on reel-to-reel audiotape ...
(I could find it in 2 minutes but DOING somethign with it is non-trivial) ... a recording of Darn Rather intoning something very close to a direct quote "You may not believe this, but there COULD be life on Mars". It's the evening news announcement of the press release and maybe briefing on the remarkably strong reactions observed to the first soil sample in the Viking 1 lander's biology experiment. |
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Apr 4 2006, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Apr 4 2006, 02:53 AM)  What will we do if a real discovery of alien life is made and announced on April 1? Difficult question! What would you do if you see an UFO on 1st April? |
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Apr 4 2006, 02:44 PM
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[quote name=QUOTE REMOVED - double quoting
[/quote] better to announce it on March 32? |
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Apr 4 2006, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
It is obvious that this article is a joke for USMF members who are well knowledeged about the space reality but, I doubt that any non-member, any novel or common citizen will be intriged of that. Then, it is most advisable to remove it in order to keep the seriousness of this forum.
April 1 is not of our fool day unless it is on Dec 28. Rodolfo |
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Apr 4 2006, 03:39 PM
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"serious" stands for the scientific content, not for the members themselves
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Apr 4 2006, 04:01 PM
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Americans would also recognize that the name of the reporter, Kent Brockman, is the local TV anchorman on "The Simpsons".
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Apr 4 2006, 05:31 PM
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The one known for the "And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords" line.
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Apr 4 2006, 05:57 PM
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That was an excellent episode of "The Simpsons".
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Apr 4 2006, 06:46 PM
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Is 'The Simpsons' an American show? Damn, I liked it, too. Next you'll say that 'Futurama' is as well...
Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Apr 5 2006, 01:17 PM
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Uh oh... the 1 meter hovering object just zipped over in front of Spirit and was last seen entering the right front wheel area... it hasn't been seen since.
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