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Reacher (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:34 PM Original message |
Japanese spacecraft fails to enter Venus orbit |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup..Those pre-recall floor mats done it again. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. "...may have flown PASSED the planet"? |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Obviously the same intern who helped design the engines |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Maybe one that doesn't have english as a first language? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. On the contrary, THAT error indicates the writer's first language IS English. -nt |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Probably right, actually. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I can speak from experience: |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not the first time a man failed to probe Venus. nt |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. If there was some hair on that Venus I'm sure the Japanese would have hit it. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. nope... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks, folks....I needed a laugh tonight. This thread did it! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. Another tragic case of Venus envy |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You beat me to it. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. (From 'Gung Ho') "In Japan, we piss for accuracy" |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Missed it by that much. >< Doh !!!! Someone is falling on their sword 2nite !!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Somewhere in North Korea rocket scientists are laughing hard. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. They should have used the Venus Fly Trap maneuver. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Space exploration is such an unbelievably expensive endeavor |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I feel bad for them. How disheartening. |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. Don't find this funny in the slightest. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. If it did atleast a little bit of an orbital insertion burn, there's a chance that it could |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. One of the scientists quoted said they may get another chance in 6 years |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. They should never have sub-contracted the thruster controls to Toyota |
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