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At long last, NASA’s probe finally digs in on Mars
www.popsci.com ^ | 03/18/2020 | By Charlie Wood

Posted on 03/18/2020 1:05:39 PM PDT by Red Badger

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Hit it with a shovel..........how more scientific can you get?................
1 posted on 03/18/2020 1:05:39 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


2 posted on 03/18/2020 1:12:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: Red Badger

Whack the proboscis.


3 posted on 03/18/2020 1:14:25 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: Red Badger
I suggest you jjjjigle it..


4 posted on 03/18/2020 1:14:52 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Red Badger

LOL! This reminds of my dad telling me how he used to get the computers in the backroom of mission control working, by giving them a solid thump. Sometimes things got stuck back then and a good whack would get the drives moving again.


5 posted on 03/18/2020 1:21:35 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Red Badger

Hold my beer and watch this !


6 posted on 03/18/2020 1:23:22 PM PDT by buckalfa (Post no bills.)
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To: StolarStorm

You must have heard many interesting stories from your dad.


7 posted on 03/18/2020 1:25:32 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: StolarStorm

We had a computer operator who would hit the monitors. We said she “Fargoed” it. Her last name was Fargo. It worked though.


8 posted on 03/18/2020 1:27:47 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Red Badger

They could have taken a real mole to Mars...but how much food would it have needed, and could it survive in the thin Martian atmosphere?


9 posted on 03/18/2020 1:34:51 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Red Badger

It’s just some PVC and duct tape - should be no problem!


10 posted on 03/18/2020 1:38:25 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Churchillspirit
Tons. He met almost every famous person that visited JSC. Lots of stories regarding those interactions. Example, he was in the elevator with Tom Cruise and Penelope, and they started making out very hard right next to him. Awkward. He thought Tom was putting on a show. Stories about Bruce Willis when he was there making Armageddon. So many others.

My favorite: Dad also forgot protocol regarding how you interact with Queen Elizabeth and shook her hand (not supposed to touch the queen unless she initiates it). She was actually fine with it but her people had a fit. Could write a book on all of it.
11 posted on 03/18/2020 1:46:43 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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Need to be careful digging into the surface... What if Mars is actually a massive life form? /s


12 posted on 03/18/2020 1:54:17 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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Could write a book on all of it.

Perhaps one day you will.

FRegards,

13 posted on 03/18/2020 1:54:37 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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or if the digging vibrations calls a Sandworm?.....................


14 posted on 03/18/2020 1:55:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

Or a Graboid!!


15 posted on 03/18/2020 1:55:48 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Red Badger

Environmental impact? s/


16 posted on 03/18/2020 1:57:45 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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"...or if the digging vibrations calls a Sandworm?........."

Now you did it! Five (5) years on the wagon and now I'm going to have to fall off and watch it again.

17 posted on 03/18/2020 2:07:57 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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NASA unsticks its Martian digging probe by whacking it with a shovel

I love these low-tech solutions.

18 posted on 03/18/2020 2:11:47 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: mylife

The guy from the British comedy “Open All Hours”? I loved that comedy!!


19 posted on 03/18/2020 2:13:37 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: libertylover

So far, NOBODY has said “Whack-A-Mole”..................


20 posted on 03/18/2020 2:13:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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