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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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To: Scoutmaster
Don’t know. But they do have special commemorative patches that say ‘Don’t Panic.’
I have got to have one of those!
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posted on
09/27/2014 1:40:21 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: CrazyIvan
Will they be serving pangalactic gargle blsters at the bar?
22
posted on
09/27/2014 2:04:10 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: BwanaNdege
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:15:10 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
("Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job)
To: Utilizer
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:16:39 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: Utilizer
I’m sure the non brit heathens would be perfectly happy with tea from a Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Nutrimatic Machine.
To: Chode
Ehrmm... I think that’s more a Doctor-Who thing, actually, the iconic phone booth (Tardis) standard.
Not that I am any fan of “Doctor Who”, mind.
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:32:14 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: Redcitizen
No pommy here. But I prefer hot chocolate (cocoa), personally.
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:35:24 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: Redcitizen; Utilizer
tea from a Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Nutrimatic Machine.Yes.
It tastes almost but not quite totally unlike tea.
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posted on
09/27/2014 3:49:39 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: Utilizer
yer right, my bad... got my SiFi mixed up
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posted on
09/27/2014 5:14:26 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: liege
Shut up and pour me a pan-galactic gargle blaster.
30
posted on
09/27/2014 6:27:46 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
To: Utilizer
Someone has a sense of humor - good for them.
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posted on
09/28/2014 3:16:33 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Utilizer
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posted on
09/28/2014 3:48:59 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Chode
Should have hand dolphins and a towel on it.
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posted on
09/28/2014 12:43:20 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Yo-Yo
LOLOL.... Any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
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posted on
09/28/2014 6:51:11 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Fai Mao
Courtesy of shirt.woot.com
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posted on
09/28/2014 8:39:44 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the wage gap were real, American companies would be hiring millions of women to save a buck)
To: BwanaNdege
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posted on
09/29/2014 9:03:43 PM PDT
by
Trillian
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