crapflinger2000 1 #1 January 22, 2004 I always wanted to post one of these news stories to the board. Was never really sure why people post news stories here when the headlines are readily available to anyone on the internet, but it feels DAMN good to be the first one to inform the DZ.COM readership that the Mars Rover is on it's back like a turtle, unable to transmit and watching the Mars buzzards circle ever closer..... DIE DIE DIE ROVER!!! http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040122/ap_on_sc/mars_rover_29 __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #2 January 22, 2004 whats the big deal . it only cost us 410 million dollars! another one will be there soon!(sarcasm over)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesNahikian 0 #3 January 22, 2004 You seem to believe this is a positive development. Why? D. James Nahikian CHICAGO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #4 January 22, 2004 QuoteYou seem to believe this is a positive development. Why? D. James Nahikian CHICAGO So the US won't discover all the Latvian WMD stored there... __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #5 January 22, 2004 Maybe a better choice of name than "Rover" if we didn't want it to roll over and play dead. Maybe "Debbie" ala "Debbie does Dallas". If Debbie was on her back, you know she'd be putting out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuchulinn 0 #6 January 22, 2004 Here are the last photo's from the Spirit, makes you wonder why it's no longer communicating! SMA#18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MochaSkyChick 0 #7 January 22, 2004 QuoteHere are the last photo's from the Spirit, makes you wonder why it's no longer communicating! LOL PMS #62 Zarza R[red Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #8 January 22, 2004 btw- I wonder how many Jump tickets that is ($410,000,000) sure I can figure it out but It looks so much more interesting when You throw a big number out thereMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesNahikian 0 #9 January 22, 2004 Coffee shot out of my nose after the first pic. Stop that. D. James Nahikian CHICAGO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #10 January 22, 2004 QuoteI wonder how many Jump tickets that is ($410,000,000) About 26,400,000. Care to share?---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #11 January 22, 2004 Isn;t there a second "rover" supposed to be landing this week? I thought there was 2 landing in the same area.. Oh well.. must be nice to spend 410mil and have the thing flop over on it's back "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MochaSkyChick 0 #12 January 22, 2004 QuoteQuoteI wonder how many Jump tickets that is ($410,000,000) About 26,400,000. Care to share? Yeah, sharing would be a really nice thing to do. PMS #62 Zarza R[red Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #13 January 22, 2004 dont you think they would have designed the thing to have little thingies on it so it could flip itsself over? i would have thought of it when i designed it.... humpf Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,151 #14 January 22, 2004 Polite folks say "Tango Uniform"... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #15 January 22, 2004 yes there is! for a grand total of 820 MEEELLLIION dollars or 52,800,000 jump tickets!.... shit I would be willing to take 40,000,000 jump tickets and $20million worth of BEERMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #16 January 22, 2004 Someone tell DiverDriver it's down because of a BAD SPOT ROTFLOLWPMP! Ok it wasn't THAT funny.... ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #17 January 22, 2004 QuoteSomeone tell DiverDriver it's down because of a BAD SPOT ROTFLOLWPMP! Ok it wasn't THAT funny.... I think it's funny Notice: I'm not going to hijackthis thread I'm not going to hijack this thread, I'm not going to hijack this thread, I'm not going to hijack this thread.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #18 January 22, 2004 I told them they should not use Win98. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #19 January 22, 2004 FYI the "on it's back" thing was wishful thinking. And Tits Up is military slang for "F'ed Up". Don't want anyone to think I am making stuff up... __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivegirl 0 #20 January 22, 2004 Quotedont you think they would have designed the thing to have little thingies... I think that's the scientific name for them too. Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MochaSkyChick 0 #21 January 22, 2004 Quotedont you think they would have designed the thing to have little thingies on it so it could flip itsself over? i would have thought of it when i designed it.... humpf That's what I was thinking too. I mean if you're gonna spend $410,000,000 on something like this, seems like you'd test all the possibilities and even make up some impossible ones. PMS #62 Zarza R[red Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #22 January 22, 2004 Quoteor 52,800,000 jump tickets!....that's enough for all sport skydivers to jump free for over 17 years although somehow I have a feeling we'd all jump more if it were free /edited to add: but if we had just one oreo cookie, we could all jump for free for 215 years Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #23 January 22, 2004 Hey guys....tits up is just a saying."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #24 January 22, 2004 Sharon (MochaSkyChick) was tits up last Saturday night after she got thrown off the mechanical bull. Katie, on the other hand, performed a fairly stylish dismount. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #25 January 22, 2004 I like Charlie Foxtrot, myself... See now, if I had designed it, the wheels would be able to rotate to whatever side it landed on, and all the mechanical doohickies would be in a gyroscope, so that no matter which way the outside got flipped, the insides, including the camera, would be right-side up. And for $410 MM, you better be damn sure they could've designed it like that! Damn, I'm good. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
