Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime 122
thhamm writes "NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter begins working overtime today after completing a prime mission that discovered vast supplies of frozen water, ran a safety check for future astronauts, and mapped surface textures and minerals all over Mars, among other feats. An extended Mission until 2006 has been approved, and I hope it will last that long, maybe doing more safety checks for astronauts :)"
Doom??? (Score:5, Funny)
/. now on Mars (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Doom??? (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunately... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doom??? (Score:5, Funny)
outsourcing! (Score:5, Funny)
sending overtime-work to Mars is the kind of outsourcing we all love
Odyssey Does Not Qualify For Overtime (Score:5, Funny)
According to the newly revised FLSA, the Mars Odyssey would be considered a professional exempt robot, as it's carrying out highly technical, professional tasks. Don't be mean and get the little robot's hopes up!
Re:Doom??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:intermediaries for human travel. (Score:2, Funny)
I don't think I understand what you're trying to say here.
Re:Working Overtime? (Score:5, Funny)
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Scotty: Do ye mind a little advice? Starfleet captains are like children. They want everything right now, and they want it their way. But the secret is to give only what they need, not what they want!
LaForge: Yeah, well I told the captain I'd have this analysis done in an hour.
Scotty: And how long would it really take?
LaForge: An hour!
Scotty: Oh, ye didn't tell him how long it would really take, did ye?
LaForge: Well, of course I did.
Scotty: Oh, laddie, ye've got a lot to learn if ye want people to think of ye as a miracle worker!
Patent pending.. (Score:4, Funny)
There is also a new Microsoft innovation, called MS Solar time, method for keeping track of time on different planets. It is based on the microsoft scheduler and the office assistant "Kenny the Galactic Clock".
Re:Doom??? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow must have been gone for a long time (Score:5, Funny)
Water on Mars (Score:5, Funny)
What if Odyssey becomes sentient? (Score:4, Funny)
What would happen, however, it this made Odyssey sentient? Could it build more robots, develop further intelligence, and then end up populating all of Mars with robots? If this happened, we might be in trouble.
Re:Water on Mars (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doom??? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Astronauts on Mars with this evidence? (Score:3, Funny)
Me too. "Captain Darl McBride" has a nice ring to it.
Feel free to add suggestions for the remainder of the crew ;)
Re:Doom??? (Score:3, Funny)
KFG
Surface textures (Score:5, Funny)
About time! for too long Mars has been a flat-shaded sphere.
Re:Doom??? (Score:5, Funny)