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In the discussion thread: NASA rover Curiosity prepares to zap a Martian rock in first laser target practice [View all]

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Sat Aug 18, 2012, 09:00 AM

TomClash (10,948 posts)

14. Revenge of the Nerds

Men who spend way too much time with mice and motherboards and the US military.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
NASA rover Curiosity prepares to zap a Martian rock in first laser target practice [View all]	Judi Lynn	Aug 2012	OP
And immediately afterwards	intaglio	Aug 2012	#1
First we bomb the moon and now this.	jberryhill	Aug 2012	#2
Did you forget the sarcasm tag? nt	Confusious	Aug 2012	#7
yes, how shameful	WooWooWoo	Aug 2012	#10
Why?	TomClash	Aug 2012	#15
Yes. Why else would they be doing it?	drm604	Aug 2012	#16
I assumed a military purpose	TomClash	Aug 2012	#24
What possible military purpose would there be, and why would they do it on Mars? (nt)	Posteritatis	Aug 2012	#25
NO!!!	SkyDaddy7	Aug 2012	#35
After a certain point asking questions like that can only be really wilful ignorance.	Posteritatis	Aug 2012	#18
Smart people would think twice about ad hominem attacks	TomClash	Aug 2012	#20
"You obviously don't know anything about this" isn't an ad hominem when it's true. (nt)	Posteritatis	Aug 2012	#21
That is not how your post read	TomClash	Aug 2012	#22
NO! You did not!	SkyDaddy7	Aug 2012	#36
The laser is used for spectography	jobendorfer	Aug 2012	#28
Your answer is appreciated	TomClash	Aug 2012	#37
Gosh, no, there's NO scientific purpose to anything NASA does.	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#31
Poor animals	TomClash	Aug 2012	#38
Strange alien craft lands, sits still for several days, then starts blasting away at the landscape	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#11
You aren't going to comment on the obvious Second Amendment issues here?	struggle4progress	Aug 2012	#33
When particle beam weapons are outlawed, only outlaws will have particle beam weapons.	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#41
Revenge of the Nerds	TomClash	Aug 2012	#14
Um, what?	Frank Cannon	Aug 2012	#29
I liked how it read at the time	TomClash	Aug 2012	#32
Presumably to the tune of	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#3
Gort, Klaatu barada nikto.	longship	Aug 2012	#4
It's a reverse H.G. Wells	sofa king	Aug 2012	#13
Blow the shit out of that rock, Curiosity	RZM	Aug 2012	#5
Alien rock shot by robot claiming self defense under Stand Your Ground rule.	chknltl	Aug 2012	#6
Make it so!	StrictlyRockers	Aug 2012	#8
What about the Prime Directive?	slackmaster	Aug 2012	#12
I see the NRA is going interplanetary now	NickB79	Aug 2012	#9
Hmmm. Remember the rock monster in Galaxy Quest?	hunter	Aug 2012	#17
Phaser	Gman	Aug 2012	#19
Best one I've heard;	greiner3	Aug 2012	#23
The laser will carve "Kilroy was here" into the rock.	GodlessBiker	Aug 2012	#26
.	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#34
First we bombed the moon and now this? HORRIBLE!!!	Odin2005	Aug 2012	#27
Git that Rock Rover!	flamingdem	Aug 2012	#30
The beginning...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#39
sigh To be honest, I've been hoping for a similar discussion about this...	octothorpe	Aug 2012	#43
What about that 'We Come In Peace,' stuff? That might be some Martian's Pet Rock. For shame, NASA!	freshwest	Aug 2012	#40
Imagine if the laser	Shankapotomus	Aug 2012	#42

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