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From: reeck@lclark.UUCP (David Reeck)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Transmitter failure on Phobos II
Message-ID: <384@lclark.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 18:32:07 GMT
References: <8901250634.AA26978@ll-vlsi.arpa> <9265@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <105@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: reeck@lclark.UUCP (David Reeck)
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
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In article <105@beaver.cs.washington.edu> szabonj@humpback.UUCP (Nick Szabo) writes:
>In article <9265@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> kevin@cit-vax.UUCP (Kevin S. Van Horn) writes:
>>
>>I can't help but wonder if Phobos I and Phobos II
>>are in fact doing fine and the Soviets are only claiming failures so that they
>>don't have to share the information from them with anyone. 
>
>The Phake Phobos Phlub-Up theory must explain either a sophisticated con
>job in planning use of the DSN in the first place, or a change of heart
>before either probe got anywhere near Phobos.  It must also explain how
>DSN technicians could be fooled by fake probe specs.
>
>Nick Szabo              szabonj@fred.cs.washington.edu

	You guys are ignoring what most of the non-techs of middle class
america knows! According to the weekly world news, thoes probes encountered:

	1) a 9 mile high statue of Elvis on mars
	2) Elvis music coming from mars
	3) Heaven, and God said 'You can go to Mars, but stay away from 
heaven, 'cause it's mine' (apparently Heaven is located somewhere close 
to mars)
 	
	In conjunction with the fact that the Soviet Venus probes just found
a face that is >>IDENTICAL<< to the one on mars, I'd say that the Soviets are
just being wise. Who wants to mess with an interplanetary race that has the
ability to create 9 mile high statues, or for that matter, God. 

	The Soviets are obviously bowing out gracefully, with out having to
provide the full blown explanation of why they are doing it. The probe 
failure is the best way to go. 

Dave Reeck	!tektronix!reed!lclark!reeck	.sig-less stardust
disclaimer: This is intended as a joke only, please take no offence, the WWN is
an 'entertainment journal' and not required to print the truth as far as I know

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