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Twenty-One Gun Salute

There have been many times in life when great heroes have made the ultimate sacrifice — that of their lives — to support a greater purpose for all of robot kind. Phoenix, I will be lifting a sparkling glass of transmission fluid in your honor tonight. The puny NASA humans thought that you would last [...]

All my thanks are belong to Kibō

From: “QUIN” quin@robotfromthefuture.com
To: “Kibō” kibo@iss.orb, “Dextre” dextre@iss.orb
Sent: March 10, 2008 11:41:03 AM GMT -08:00 Pacific
Subject: w00t!
K-dog and Dex, Just wanted to say good luck on your launch tomorrow. Sucks how they have to split you in two, though, K. I’m really going to miss you at poker night, but as long as we can play [...]

The Future Is Now

I just noticed it. Out of the corner of my eye. Nearly unmentionable. Tucked neatly between ads for online dating and yoga mats on a sidebar, there it was:
VirginGalactic TicketsBook your flight to Space!An Accredited Space Agencywww.galacticjourneys.com/
Today is the day that tickets aboard a spaceship are now just another advertisment.

Emo Star Discovered

A new type of star was recently discovered– a Y Class Brown Dwarf. Initially scientists thought that the star was “very, very cool. In fact, surprisingly cool,” according to NASA’s Kurt Steinlicher. “However,” Steinlicher said, “on closer examination, we realized that the star wasn’t as cool as it appeared. After we talked to it, we [...]

Now THAT’S Hot

Mmm. Oh YEAH!
Six wheel drive. Active suspension. Low-rider mods. And it comes in gold. Bling! Sounds like my kind of truck. Too bad Nasa’s new space toy, the lunar truck prototype won’t be hitting the retail market!
This thing is so hot it makes my piston surfactants simmer. Six sexy long gold legs, a drivers’ seat [...]