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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

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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. :)

1 posted on 09/27/2014 11:32:33 AM PDT by Utilizer
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To: Utilizer

When the mission ends they will sign off by singing “So long and thanks for all the fish”.


2 posted on 09/27/2014 11:45:23 AM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: Utilizer
Special commemorative towels?
3 posted on 09/27/2014 11:46:47 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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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.


4 posted on 09/27/2014 11:46:47 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Utilizer
Does the ship have a probability drive?
5 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?)
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To: liege

As long as it isn’t “Ground, I think I will call it gro. . . .”


6 posted on 09/27/2014 11:47:51 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Utilizer

The answer to life, the universe, and everything.


7 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.)
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To: liege

That would be quite droll. Although I like the theme to Red Dwarf much better. *grin*


8 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-)
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To: CrazyIvan

I would think tea cups would sell better. Along with some coffee mugs, I suppose, for the non-brit heathens.


9 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-)
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To: kaehurowing

6 x 9 = 42

Clearly God has 13 fingers.


10 posted on 09/27/2014 11:54:56 AM PDT by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: kaehurowing

Uhmmm...

That would be six times seven making forty two.

Math is hard.


11 posted on 09/27/2014 12:13:14 PM PDT by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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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?

12 posted on 09/27/2014 12:18:20 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection " - Glen Morgan, Freedom Foundation.)
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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"
13 posted on 09/27/2014 12:25:17 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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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."

14 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)
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To: liege

>>“So long and thanks for all the fish”.<<

“We apologise for the inconvenience.”


15 posted on 09/27/2014 12:32:46 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
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To: Utilizer

I like it!

16 posted on 09/27/2014 12:37:22 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
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To: Utilizer

“Don’t panic.”


17 posted on 09/27/2014 12:40:42 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Utilizer; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...

"Oh no, not again!"



18 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)
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To: CrazyIvan
No thanks. Already have mine.


19 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)
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To: Utilizer
shoulda had the phone booth on their patch

20 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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