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ZenGum

08-06-2011 07:06 PM

August 7, 2011: New NASA Astronauts

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Times are tough all over, it seems. NASA is lunching a probe to Jupiter, and this is the crew:

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Juno is carrying a few toys as part of a campaign to raise awareness among young people about math and science.

Three 1.5-inch figurines made by LEGO toys are on board - a likeness of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei who discovered four of Jupiter's moons, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno.

More here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-0...upiter/2827152 .

footfootfoot

08-06-2011 07:28 PM

Juno's a babe, I'd totally hit that.

I like the frying pan, she can wok me up some veggies when we're through.

CaliforniaMama

08-07-2011 09:31 AM

Galileo seems to be missing something at the top of his head - like his brain? I thought the Inquisition left him intact, yet here it looks as though they took their pound of flesh.

Trilby

08-07-2011 11:01 AM

of course they're sending white people!

How racist!

Sundae

08-07-2011 12:22 PM

Yay Science!
Two fictional beings and a man who was tortured for trying to tell the truth, and then had to lie to save his own life.

What's next?
Great landladies with Mrs Danvers and Rose West?
(the difference here being West was not an innocent)

Alluvial

08-13-2011 02:37 PM

I'm a little annoyed that the female is a stereotype.

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