Pinkie Takes Over (A) World, At Last

[beamjockey]

An entertaining way to introduce Titan news, from Betty Nguyen on a CNN program called Livefrom on Friday:

"You can count on the fingers of just one hand the planets, or planetary bodies, on which mankind has landed a spacecraft.

"And today, from all indications, we reached

[dramatic pause, with appropriate gesture] --the Pinkie

Comments

[rmjwell]

While I'm thinking of it: which one is the middle finger of interplanetary exploration?

[balrog_gamer]

I want to say: The Earth itself... but that's not in the set of: "planets, or planetary bodies, on which mankind has landed a spacecraft."

Or is it? < almost :( > every manned mission has landed on the Earth.

I'm so confused... need more coffee.

way off topic

[ladyrutile]

Bill, can you recommend "an excellent book on string theory or on grand unified theories of physics in general, but only within the last few years"? I'm looking for a birthday gift for someone...

Thanks,

Elaine B