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Re: NASA discovers Life on Mars!
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:17:22 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2004:
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> PASADENA, CA--Jet Propulsion Laboratories
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> NASA JPL has confirmed the existence of Life on Mars by the Martian rover
> Spirit. Apparently, the martian were discovered during a recent scientific
> experiment being conducted using Spirit's RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool).
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> During the experiment, Lego astrobot Biff Starling spotted some movement on the
> horizon:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=651618
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> Biff, being the friendly surfer dude and Junkyard wars freak that he was,
> couldn't resist meeting some new people--he hasn't seen another being in at
> least a few months. Making quick friends, he convinced a few of the local
> Martians to pose with him for a picture:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=651622
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> After posing for a few pics, NASA told Biff that he had to "get back to work",
> so Biff climbed back up on the rover, as Spirit started up and began to roll
> away.... Unfortunately, due to some slow Martians, Biff and NASA very nearly
> created an international incident when they forgot to take into account that
> short legs=short distances when walking...
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=651623
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> Fortunately, Biff was able to blame the whole thing on a mysterious individual
> who just happened to appear...
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=651627
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> -Scott Lyttle
> Ever since hearing about the Mars rovers and having a special place for the
> "Life on Mars" sets, it wasn't long until someone was going to combine the two
> together...I did use up nearly every piece of orange brick I own (thank goodness
> for pumpkin packs!)
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> Thanks to Chris Giddens for use of his digital camera (mine is currently out of
> commission for an indefinite period of time).
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> If anybody thinks I should bring this to Brickfest PDX, please chime in!!
Bah!!! Here I am hopng for some real news (at the beginning I really thought
NASA discovered life on Mars) and when I read it, I find out that it's just a
Lego MOC. People, please, from now on when you have something like this, give
people a clue in the title!!! :P
Steve
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| <snip> (...) HA! GOTCHA!!! I figure this would have been a great April Fool's joke--but ya gotta strike while the iron is hot... Ok, maybe I should have said NASA discovers "Life on Mars"... Believe me, if it was true, I would have posted to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.space)
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| FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE February 8, 2004: PASADENA, CA--Jet Propulsion Laboratories NASA JPL has confirmed the existence of Life on Mars by the Martian rover Spirit. Apparently, the martian were discovered during a recent scientific experiment (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.space)
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