NASA spacecraft now circling Mercury — a first (orbit is right on the money)

Yahoo ^ | 3/17/11 | AP

[The Cajun]

LOL. You went a long way for that one.

[ForGod'sSake]

Thanks.

[Jack Hammer]

Hooray for Captain Spalding, the African explorer -

Did someone call me Shnorer?

Hooray, hooray, hooray!

Yes, I once shot an elephant in my pajamas;
How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know....

[theDentist]

"Can someone land it in the shopping mall
next to where the astronauts first planted
an American flag during the 7th Lunar Landing?"

[hal ogen]

I am disappointed in NASA. Could someone explain to me just how this helps moozlums learn about space technology (nobama’s ordered purpose of NASA)?

[theDentist]

Back in the days of real early history, 1930 or something, Abba ka-Dabra was looking at the Sun through a magic crystal and noticed a bright dot near the sun. He named it “mihir ku ri” which translates to “Mohammed’s goat”. NASA decided to investigate to see if it really was a goat, and to confirm his discovery.

[zeugma]

cool.

Uh, considering it's Mercury we're talking about, that's probably not how I'd describe it.

[zeugma]

received the anticipated radiometric signals confirming nominal burn shutdown

Radiometric?  Didn't we used to call this telemetry?

Wouldn't 'radiometric' refer to readings of solar radiation?

radiometer (rā'dē-ŏm'ĭ-tər) A device used to detect or measure radiation.

[dfwgator]

When will it circle Uranus?

[bert]

A Washington DC cab driver was at the controls

[Jack Hammer]

A buck eighty-five from Africa to here???? That’s an outrage...