machf wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 04:29:36 -0600, "S. Sampson" wrote:


NASA has reported today that the Mars Rover did not land on Mars,
but somehow landed in Iraq, where yesterday two enlisted men filled it
full of holes when its extended arm made a threatening gesture.


So *that* is the reason why the U.S. invaded Iraq... they needed a "safe" place
to stage the "mars landings" where no nosey reporters could get too close and
bust it. But then, apaprently, they didn't succeed after all.

;-)

Although it now seems "Spirit" is on the mend, or at least can
be used in such a way that it can continue to serve its purpose
(apparently some bad memory areas), there has been speculation
on why the malfunctions occurred.

One current theory is that the perfidious Europeans, desperate
to keep any success from attaching itself to George Bush, sent
a command to Beagle2 to "stab" the rover.

Beagle has a spring loaded arm that could do some damage if
the rover roved by. The fact that Beagle doesn't move doesn't
matter. It need only wait quietly and ambush the rover as it
ambled by. Perhaps the rover might interpret Beagle as an
interesting geologic feature, thus being lured within stabbing
range?

Now it is said that Beagle and [now both] rover(s) are quite
far separated on the planet, but this may simply be a ploy on
the part of the US government to hide the dastardly deed of the
Euros against the peace loving rover in an effort to dupe the
American people into continuing to believe we and Europe are
still in happy alliance.

What do you think Michael P?


SMH