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In lugnet.year.2001, Thomas Main writes:
> In lugnet.announce, Nick Cameron writes:
> > The LEGO company must have been waiting untill one of us found the mars sets.
> > It looks like a mission log. Pretty cool. it has some real space photos, but • so
> > far it is only one page. Check it out!
> >
> > http://www.lego.com/mars/
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> I know this is supposed to be fiction, but I think the folks who write
> this should do a little more research before posting stories like this
> for worldwide consumption.
Par for the course, unfortunately.
Take a look at the Space Port product info, the splash page says that a
large "meteor" is heading for earth. Bzzt. A chunk of rock isn't a meteor
until it enters the atmosphere, at which time there is no time to launch a
mission to stop it. They mean asteroid, no doubt.
++Lar
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| (...) It's called a "meteoroid" until it enters the atmosphere (the difference from asteroids is subtle--meteroids tend to be smaller and without a solar orbit). Then it's a meteor in the air, and when it hits the ground, it's a meteorite. (so (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| (...) so (...) should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would see (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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