I hope these stories are not related to each other
Great beasts peppered from space
There is fairly convincing evidence that the explosion of an object not of this earth hit mammoths and other Pleistocene Mega Beasts with shrapnel up in Siberia and Alaska.
Boeing's 12,000lb chemical laser set to fry targets from aircraft
Earthlings have finally developed an effective, large scale, and portable Ray Gun.
Global group aims to return Martian soil to Earth
There is a plan to go to Mars and bring back some dirt. Who knows what is going to be in that dirt?
Who Speaks for Earth? ... From Seed Magazine:
After decades of searching, scientists have found no trace of extraterrestrial intelligence. Now, some of them hope to make contact by broadcasting messages to the stars. Are we prepared for an answer?

Fellow Earthlings, do you need me to connect the dots for you?

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Comments
Klaatu!
Posted by: Gort | December 15, 2007 6:41 PM
Gort: No, no, if you don't say the WHOLE THING EXACTLY RIGHT the robot will destroy the entire planet!!!
Posted by: Greg Laden | December 15, 2007 8:28 PM
Travelling to Mars is no big deal. I was just writing on my blog about Switzerland's early space program and the first woman on Mars. Plus Venus and Uranus (feel free to insert your own joke (innuendo?).
Check it out at http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2007/12/travelling-to-m.html.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | December 16, 2007 2:59 PM
Uranus? Innuendo? Never mind............
Posted by: Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCD | October 15, 2008 12:12 AM