-- Posted by Glacialis on 1:15 pm on July 23, 2001 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23jul_1.htm?list519672 SciFi seems to be the order for the day with space-engineers, I see. :) -- Posted by Inertia on 2:34 pm on July 23, 2001 Nifty! -- Posted by Robb Force on 5:31 pm on July 23, 2001 That was a very cool article. What a cool toy. I wonder how long until they figure out how to make one that will float over land by using magnetic forces or something. -- Posted by JuggleFoe on 8:16 pm on July 23, 2001 i wonder how long it'll be before some frustrated spacemen use that thing as a million dollar soccer ball. "INACURATE FLARE READINGS?! GAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"... :Orbit: :paranoid: -- Posted by Glacialis on 1:25 am on July 24, 2001 :rofl: -- Posted by Robb Force on 7:36 am on July 24, 2001 When I was reading the article I was imagining a scene with all these balls hovering about in a passageway an astronaut is trying to travel through "Pardon me, 'scuse me, pardon...Ooof, sorry about that..." -- Posted by JuggleFoe on 8:55 am on July 24, 2001 i could see the lonely space men fasioning a wig out of some sort of shredded heat-resistant fabric, and treating these lil' bastards like women. --- "goddamnit! what the hell is this mess? someone plugged the i/o ports on the droid! bob?!" "uhh...  i have no idea... i was nowhere near her..." "the i/o ports?! what the fuck?! you blew a wad on the i/o ports?!" "no! you make it sound so filthy... she and i shared a moment... it was beautiful... she was the greatest love i've ever known..." "huh? you FUCKED it in the i/o port?!" "WHAT THE FUCK?!" "GODDAMNIT! I'M AN ASTRONAUT, NOT A PORNSTAR!!!"... :paranoid: -- Posted by Glacialis on 10:24 am on July 24, 2001 :rotflmao: Naughty Foe, naughty!! -- Posted by JuggleFoe on 5:10 pm on July 24, 2001 am i generally more insane lately, or is it just me? -- Posted by Glacialis on 4:51 am on July 25, 2001 Yep. :biggrin: