Comments on: Death Star Found

Death Star Found

MrAnonymous — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:21:52 -0800

NASA's Cassini has found the Death Star.

By: MrAnonymous

MrAnonymous — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:23:42 -0800

Or so it would appear.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:24:41 -0800

That's no moon.... [/had to be said] With as many wonders we find in our own solar system, it boggles me to ponder how many more exist outside of it, knowing how incomprehensibly large the universe is. Thanks for the link, whoever you are. ;-)

By: LairBob

LairBob — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:29:42 -0800

How cool is that?

By: tapeguy

tapeguy — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:30:36 -0800

Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?

By: republican

republican — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:36:30 -0800

looks like porn to me.

By: steef

steef — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:38:11 -0800

voyager I saw the same thing back in '80, right after empire came out. that was freaky.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:38:38 -0800

Cassini has also found the pre-Kubrick Monolith.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:44:10 -0800

WolfDaddy: note NASA's headline for the caption.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:04:13 -0800

It boggles me to ponder how many more exist outside of it, knowing how incomprehensibly large the universe is.

By: damnitkage

damnitkage — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:52:01 -0800

It's been a shitty day, but that made me smile. Thanks. Very cool.

By: NGnerd

NGnerd — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:53:12 -0800

it's so nice to be reminded of the little things (childhood movies) that bring people through years of schooling just so that some day you can repay the favor by making a smartass reference that few people will get. That said, i'm so totally jealous and laughing my ass off for the person who managed to place that subtitle....brilliant. great link

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:17:48 -0800

This exact joke is already in the Niven-Pournelle novel "Footfall".

By: Zonker

Zonker — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:22:03 -0800

I have a bad feeling about this.

By: protocool

protocool — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:23:55 -0800

the person who managed to place that subtitle.... What subtitle????

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:41:16 -0800

The "That's no space station" sub-title before the article begins, presumably.

By: bingo

bingo — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:00:40 -0800

brownpau: Where's the monolith?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:09:45 -0800

Look at the size of that thing!

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:47:09 -0800

bingo: in the novel of _2001_, the monolith was on Iapetus, not in orbit around Jupiter. IIRC, it was smack in the middle of the white side, like a weensy pupil in a whacking great eye. Or maybe it was just Iapetus itself. Can't recall.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:00:23 -0800

Why are we still moving towards it?

By: talos

talos — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:37:06 -0800

Apparently we're also sending music to Titan, which seems kooky - but nice anyway!

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:39:47 -0800

I want to see the "Sirens of Titan"

By: rocketman

rocketman — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 03:53:50 -0800

That's too big to be a space station.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 05:56:29 -0800

;-) I want to live on the moon. All that Heinlein and Pohl growing up I guess.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:11:57 -0800

The current residents would pull your pants down and spank you with moon rocks. Sure, they'd teach you how to make a shiv out of a bedpost, but then you'd smoke and pass out in the REALLY hot sun. Stay on earth.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:52:29 -0800

Full reverse! Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:16:06 -0800

You can't win. But there are alternatives to fighting.

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:30:20 -0800

"Many Bothans died to bring you this information" This also had to be said!

By: Succa

Succa — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:03:25 -0800

Stay on target....stay on target....

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:12:53 -0800

It's a trap! </fark>

By: MrAnonymous

MrAnonymous — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:34:28 -0800

Freaky, isn't it?

By: Loudmax

Loudmax — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:23:22 -0800

Now that's a crater. And if it isn't, I sure hope they don't point it at us.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:57:19 -0800

"Commence primary ignition..."

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:03:04 -0800

[vidi-geek] Let's hope they don't have a Grass Valley 1600 production switcher on board, then... [/vidi-geek]

By: bingo

bingo — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:25:31 -0800

ROU: I read it. But I don't see a monolith in that photo, or even a speck that might be one.