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Levi

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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #600 on: September 11, 2012, 04:31:06 pm »
Quote from: Sirus on September 11, 2012, 04:25:27 pm
So who volunteers to go to Mars with a bunch of sanitary wipes for Curiosity's drill bit? Let's make this mission happen, people!

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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #601 on: September 11, 2012, 04:35:33 pm »
Hell, if you want to talk about wiping a remote controlled car down with a wet one be my guest, but it'd be easier to install a new drill on it then sanitise the one it has on it.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #602 on: September 11, 2012, 04:36:52 pm »
Ah, but the new drill bit might also become accidentally contaminated and we'd just be back where we started.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #603 on: September 11, 2012, 04:45:34 pm »
Its easier then trying to send something designed solely to sanitise the drill to mars, having the rover get to it and shove its drill into the cleaner...

Well on second thaught.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #604 on: September 11, 2012, 05:09:40 pm »
Are you guys suggesting we get Curiosity robo-laid?
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #605 on: September 11, 2012, 05:11:01 pm »
I'm not :o

I'm suggesting that someone goes to Mars with sanitizing wipes and bleach to decontaminate Curiosity. Then it can hunt for water properly.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #606 on: September 11, 2012, 05:35:34 pm »
I'm sure the rover wouldnt mind getting some mechanical chemical cleaning.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #607 on: September 11, 2012, 05:39:05 pm »
Robots can still feel love!

They can also feel their drill bits slowly pressed into some disinfecting gel, so soft and slippery... ooooh.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #608 on: September 11, 2012, 05:39:44 pm »
Honestly if Curiosity wanted to find water why didn't we just send it up with one of those wishbone looking big sticks that seeks out water.

Also yeah, I totally approve of curiosity getting laid.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #609 on: September 11, 2012, 07:50:54 pm »
Quote from: darkrider2 on September 11, 2012, 05:39:44 pm
Honestly if Curiosity wanted to find water why didn't we just send it up with one of those wishbone looking big sticks that seeks out water.
Because divinations are explicitly forbidden by Leviticus. I think it's a well-known fact that all astronomy is performed in accordance with Scripture, right? >______>

In seriousness, kind of an unfortunate thing. I wonder what, if any, disciplinary measures exist for this sort of thing.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #610 on: September 11, 2012, 07:55:46 pm »
I don't know, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer (awesome job title) sure sounded angry about it.
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #611 on: September 11, 2012, 08:00:03 pm »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on September 11, 2012, 07:55:46 pm
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #612 on: September 11, 2012, 09:09:25 pm »
Quote from: Sirus on September 11, 2012, 08:00:03 pm
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Planetary Protection Officer
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Gotta respect the spehss law man
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #613 on: September 11, 2012, 09:12:35 pm »
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Re: Curiosity Mission: Cross-Planetary Contamination Causes Curiosity To Avoid Water
« Reply #614 on: September 11, 2012, 10:32:25 pm »
What? Is the space law on Planet Wobegon?
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