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Space Station's '42' Crew Links Expedition to 'Hitchhiker's Guide'
SPACE.com ^
| September 26, 2014 07:44am ET
| Robert Pearlman
Posted on 09/27/2014 11:32:33 AM PDT by Utilizer
What do astronauts and cosmonauts, a towel and a paranoid android have in common?
The answer is 42.
The International Space Station's Expedition 42 crew, who is set to take up residency onboard the orbiting laboratory in November, has embraced the connection between their numerical designation and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the Douglas Adams' sci-fi franchise, adopting its imagery and slogans for their official poster and unofficial patch.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: douglasadams; hitchhikersguide; napl; space; station
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For those of you who are fans of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", you might find this of interest (I am not).
Just something a bit more cheery than the usual news. :)
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:32:33 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
To: Utilizer
When the mission ends they will sign off by singing “So long and thanks for all the fish”.
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:45:23 AM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: Utilizer
Special commemorative towels?
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:46:47 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Utilizer
Yes, that is the answer to “what do you get if you multiply six by nine?”
Applies to the Obama administration as well.
To: Utilizer
Does the ship have a probability drive?
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:47:25 AM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: liege
As long as it isn’t “Ground, I think I will call it gro. . . .”
To: Utilizer
The answer to life, the universe, and everything.
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:49:43 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: liege
That would be quite droll. Although I like the theme to Red Dwarf much better. *grin*
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:49:49 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: CrazyIvan
I would think tea cups would sell better. Along with some coffee mugs, I suppose, for the non-brit heathens.
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:51:22 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: kaehurowing
6 x 9 = 42
Clearly God has 13 fingers.
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posted on
09/27/2014 11:54:56 AM PDT
by
Explorer89
(And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
To: kaehurowing
Uhmmm...
That would be six times seven making forty two.
Math is hard.
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:13:14 PM PDT
by
Don W
(To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Does the ship have a probability drive?Im-probability drive
The real question is, do they have Trillian?
Laz, do you know the answer?
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:18:20 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection " - Glen Morgan, Freedom Foundation.)
To: Don W
Uhmmm...
That would be six times seven making forty two.
Math is hard.
From the book, the Ultimate Answer is 42, leading to a quest to find the Ultimate Question. Which turns out to be...
"Six by nine. Forty two."
"That's it. That's all there is."
"I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe"
To: CrazyIvan
Don't know. But they do have special commemorative patches that say 'Don't Panic.'
I don't think this trip is authorized unless the plans have been on display for nine months in the local planning office, in the unlit cellar that has no stairs, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:32:03 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
To: liege
>>“So long and thanks for all the fish”.<<
“We apologise for the inconvenience.”
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:32:46 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
To: Utilizer
I like it!
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:37:22 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
To: Utilizer
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:40:42 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Utilizer; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"Oh no, not again!"
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posted on
09/27/2014 12:54:29 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: CrazyIvan
No thanks. Already have mine.
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posted on
09/27/2014 1:04:11 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
To: Utilizer
shoulda had the phone booth on their patch
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posted on
09/27/2014 1:26:18 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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