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In Space....

2004-11-05 20:53:35.288253+00 by petronius 2 comments

....no one can hear you dust. According to CNN,, the Mars Rover Opportunity currently exploring the Red Planet overnight gained a 3-5% increase in the output of its solar power cells. Scientists at JPL speculate that a dust devil blew over the top and cleaned off some of the red dust obscuring the cells. That's what THEY want you to believe...

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#Comment Re: made: 2004-11-05 21:59:32.29769+00 by: meuon [edit history]

The camera frames with a 3 finger, 1 thumb hand ala Mickey Mouse were removed from Nasa's imaging system by Disney Lawyers who did not want to let others (6 Flags, etc..) know that they were already building on Mars.

#Comment Re: made: 2004-11-08 17:27:12.249479+00 by: ebradway

Of course, Mickey bought the Windex at Wal-Mart: