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Re: Ice Planet 2002 contest entry - the Ammonia Sea Scout
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 9 Jun 2002 00:26:56 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jeff Jardine writes:
> Here is my entry: The Ammonia Sea Scout. I am entering it in category
> 9 (Ice Planet Insanity).
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> Shortly after establishing Ice Station Odyssey, the Ice Planet 2002
> research team had a rocket go astray. The rocket and it's cargo - an
> expensive data collection satellite - were lost in the vast sea of ammonia
> near the planet's North pole.
> To retrieve their lost equipment, they had to procure a seafaring
> vessel from the nearby Sunny Planet 2004. "A sailing vessel??" you ask? It's
> all they could afford with their limited research budget!
> With some spare hardware and a lot of ingenuity, the team made the
> modifications necessary to allow the ship to survive the desperate cold of the
> northern Ammonia Sea and perform the required retrieval operations. Later,
> the team added computers, radar, and other scientific equipment enabling the
> Scout to perform exploration and more extensive research duties.
>
> Here is the Brickshelf folder:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18744
Using those big quarter domes as sails is genius! What a great use of that
element. This ship is really cool (no pun intended). Great job.
Adrian
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www.brickfrenzy.com
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