Comments on: Rocketman rumors http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:40:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68619 Eric Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:09:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68619 oh, sorry bout all that guys. ya that was me. I took a few days off work for this flu and I had to go to this way far pharmacy to get my flu pills. so uhh, i know i dropped a couple tiles on the way back in so sorry bout the roof and the old lady. you know who you guys are that im appologizing too. Cheerio! oh, sorry bout all that guys. ya that was me.
I took a few days off work for this flu and I had to go to this way far pharmacy to get my flu pills. so uhh, i know i dropped a couple tiles on the way back in so sorry bout the roof and the old lady. you know who you guys are that im appologizing too. Cheerio!

]]> By: Vixen Chick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68618 Vixen Chick Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:32:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68618 I can see the headline now:- "Greenland man makes it into space" Classic. I can see the headline now:-

“Greenland man makes it into space”

Classic.

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68617 Buzz Parsec Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:42:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68617 Actually there is something extremely suspicious about the so-called rocket launching site in Greenland. Did anyone else notice the runway isn't straight? Have you ever seen a runway that wasn't straight as an arrow? (Okay, maybe some of the grass strips on the sides of mountains in "Air America", but not a real concrete runway.) This must be an alien runway. A lot of the Nazca lines aren't straight either, so there's your proof. Also, I didn't see any stars in the picture, and the flag wasn't waving. Oops, wait, there's a knock on the door... Black helicopter just landed in the front yard... Aaaarrrrrggghhhhh! Actually there is something extremely suspicious about the so-called rocket launching site in Greenland. Did anyone else notice the runway isn’t straight? Have you ever seen a runway that wasn’t straight as an arrow? (Okay, maybe some of the grass strips on the sides of mountains in “Air America”, but not a real concrete runway.) This must be an alien runway. A lot of the Nazca lines aren’t straight either, so there’s your proof. Also, I didn’t see any stars in the picture, and the flag wasn’t waving. Oops, wait, there’s a knock on the door… Black helicopter just landed in the front yard… Aaaarrrrrggghhhhh!

]]> By: nerthus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68615 nerthus Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:56:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68615 So umm, Am I the only one who went to the home page of the website linked and saw this? "Everything you see below is written by the memebers of Memes.org. Memes is a collaborative site. All articles are produced by us, for us. When you join Memes, you can post articles right away. Please be a part of our site! You're encouraged to register and participate in meme-making along with us. We can't wait to read you." It seems pretty obvious this is fake. I mean, on the actual article it has a track button (http://memes.org/node/692/track) so you can see all the websites that have picked up on the meme. This one seems to be quite successful thanks to Phil; badastronomy.com pops up quite a few times. So umm, Am I the only one who went to the home page of the website linked and saw this?

“Everything you see below is written by the memebers of Memes.org. Memes is a collaborative site. All articles are produced by us, for us. When you join Memes, you can post articles right away. Please be a part of our site! You’re encouraged to register and participate in meme-making along with us. We can’t wait to read you.”

It seems pretty obvious this is fake. I mean, on the actual article it has a track button (http://memes.org/node/692/track) so you can see all the websites that have picked up on the meme. This one seems to be quite successful thanks to Phil; badastronomy.com pops up quite a few times.

]]> By: Bob the Owl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68616 Bob the Owl Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:56:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68616 From the link: "... using only a home-made rocket and without the assistance of any major space agency it was reported by the SFTR last week." Am I the only one unsure about "the SFTR"? I hunted around and can't find much more than the South Florida Trail Riders, a Fender amp, and some production company in California. ...and Keith: cast Bruce Campbell and I'd watch it. Hahaha From the link: “… using only a home-made rocket and without the assistance of any major space agency it was reported by the SFTR last week.”

Am I the only one unsure about “the SFTR”? I hunted around and can’t find much more than the South Florida Trail Riders, a Fender amp, and some production company in California.

…and Keith: cast Bruce Campbell and I’d watch it. Hahaha

]]> By: Tom H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68614 Tom H Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:46:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68614 i admit, i do find it unsettling that last week the story was everywhere and this week it is nowhere. that genuinely is spooky.... although it got me thinking: everyone assumed that when that internet cable got severed in the Middle East that it was the middle east and china that got cut off from the west. Dude, maybe it was the West that got cut off from the middle east and china?? i admit, i do find it unsettling that last week the story was everywhere and this week it is nowhere. that genuinely is spooky…. although it got me thinking: everyone assumed that when that internet cable got severed in the Middle East that it was the middle east and china that got cut off from the west. Dude, maybe it was the West that got cut off from the middle east and china??

]]> By: Keith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/comment-page-2/#comment-68613 Keith Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/04/rocketman-rumors/#comment-68613 Still, it'd make a great B movie, especially if the billionaire returned to earth several years later with spooooky Mind powers! And a super evolved chimp. And a robot. Ooh! and a sexy daughter who falls in love with the conspiracy theorist who gets proven right when all the so-called experts doubt his predictions of eminent death by mind rays! Still, it’d make a great B movie, especially if the billionaire returned to earth several years later with spooooky Mind powers! And a super evolved chimp. And a robot. Ooh! and a sexy daughter who falls in love with the conspiracy theorist who gets proven right when all the so-called experts doubt his predictions of eminent death by mind rays!

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