Mission Planned to Probe Uranus

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And the award for "unintentionally funny headline" goes to this article. Not surprising, the article also provides us with "quote of the day." How this guy said this with a straight face is beyond me:

He told Skymania in an exclusive interview: “We’ve only really scratched the surface of Uranus.
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It would give scientists their first close-up views of Uranus ... and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.

Uranus .. also has the most powerful wind observed in the solar system, blowing at more than 500mph.

Uranus was given a mighty whack

We need close-up measurements. Uranus is ripe for learning a lot from.
 
That is awesome. That whole article is hard to read with a straight face, even though it's not actually meant to be funny lol.
 
Uranus – first spotted by Sir William Herschel from Bath[...]
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We’ve only really scratched the surface of Uranus. It is very difficult to observe from Earth because any detail is smeared out
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OMG apparently I haven't advanced past 5th grade, but I'm really trying hard not to LOL in the middle of the office...
 
Steve said:
And the award for "unintentionally funny headline" goes to this article. Not surprising, the article also provides us with "quote of the day." How this guy said this with a straight face is beyond me:
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That reminds me I have a physical next week and a prostate check is included..ah good old doc :D
 
Hopefully they can also find out if there are Klingons circling Uranus. :D
 
He should have just said that NASA plans to probe punch Uranus's landing box.
 
Someday we may actually have to rename that planet. Even when you NEED to have a serious scientific discussion of it, well, it's impossible.
 
Advil said:
Someday we may actually have to rename that planet. Even when you NEED to have a serious scientific discussion of it, well, it's impossible.
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It'll be renamed to Urectum sooner or later. Probably before the year 3000.
 
I think we should send an iPhone 4S to Uranus, or the next step in iPhone evolution after 4S should be iPhone 4 Uranus.
 
This came to mind....ah Futuruama...

Fry: "Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus." *laughs*
Leela: "I don't get it."
Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
Professor: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."
Fry: "Hehe, no, no, I think I'll just smell around a bit over here."
 
/What does toilet paper have in common with the Star Ship Enterprise?

They both hand around Uranus and search for Klingon's. :p
 
I'm actually kind of surprised it hasn't been renamed already. Seriously the puns are endless.
 
Dethred said:
I guess its funny if you pronounce Uranus incorrectly.
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'a' is a vowel
'n' is a consonant
'u' is a vowel

Hence in english, it would be pronounced you-r-anus

They changed it to end jokes

But you can't stop english...let the jokes commence!
 
Mr34727 said:
'a' is a vowel
'n' is a consonant
'u' is a vowel

Hence in english, it would be pronounced you-r-anus

They changed it to end jokes

But you can't stop english...let the jokes commence!
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Bingo. That would like pronouncing anus like an-us LOL.
 
Dark Shade said:
It would give scientists their first close-up views of Uranus ... and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.

Uranus .. also has the most powerful wind observed in the solar system, blowing at more than 500mph.

Uranus was given a mighty whack

We need close-up measurements. Uranus is ripe for learning a lot from.
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You missed:
"The planet is unusual because it is tilted right over on its side."

Uranus is pulling the old one cheek sneak. :eek:
 
Whoa, NASA, that's a really bad idea, I had Mexican for dinner.

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Agh, sorry guys, it's 5:30am here and I don't have enough brain cells left awake to realize that I should be making chainsaw noises right now...
 
Hey, waitaminit... *checks Wikipedia* Uranus is blue?

:eek:

There's gotta be a medical term for that...
 
Woah, that would be cool! uh huh huh...

Beavis_and_Butt-head.jpg
 
NASA needs to set up a PO box specifically for people who want to donate beano...

;)
 
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