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Travellers in Space
Travellers in Space
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http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/0 ... ce-debris/

Quote:AMERICAN SPACE Agency NASA announced today a $2bn scrappage deal with an Irish Traveler family to collect over 4,000 dormant satellites orbiting the earth.

John Anthony Connors from Limerick and his 14 brothers Jamsie, Paddy, Micky, Joseph, Mikey, Peter, Mick, John Paul, Aiden, Steven, Joey, Jamsie and Michael will travel to a special training facility in Cape Canaveral in Florida to undergo an intensive six month course in space exploration.

NASA spokesperson Todd Chambers told WWN the Connors family actually approached them about the floating space debris.

“They were very insistent on the phone and the conversation took quite some time as they were all talking at once. It was quite disorientating.” recalled Chambers, a test-pilot turned public relations manager for the space agency. “We eventually arranged a meeting in county Limerick and before we knew it we struck a deal by spitting into our hands and shaking. It happened very fast.”

The Irish travelers, who have over 50 years experience in dealing with scrap metal, believe the mission to last “well over a year” and are expected to dispose of the orbiting junk themselves.

“We have plenty of places tha’ will pay top dollar for that kinda gear.” explained John Anthony Connors, who appointed himself as project manager after a brief scuffle with his brother Peter. “Don’t be worrying where we puts them at’ll. We have all that sorted now to be true.”

Concerned for ‘live satellites’, NASA forced the group to sign a contract stating they will stay clear of objects like the International Space Station.

“We wouldn’t touch them now cause there be payple in them.” said the 35-year-old traveling man. “T’wouldn’t be fair on ‘em like, ya know?”

The Connors’ first mission into space will launch on the 19th of October 2014.
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#2
...the hell?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#3
Space salvage business...but I smell a rat. For one thing where are they launching from? And would not the ESA be handling it rather than NASA?
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#4
Waterford Whisper's News is like The Onion, but Irish.

It's fake.

I only posted it for the pun.
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#5
Kinda figured myself. Sure put a smile on my face this morning. Smile
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#6
I suppose I should have written a bit more, but yeah, I was suspecting it was a humor site. I got bit once before by one of these -- the "more than six people around a HD TV counts as a public performance and the entertainment industry must get its cut" story a few years back -- so I was not about take it at face value.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#7
In all fairness, Bob, that headline is not entirely unprecedented with the way RIAA and MPAA have behaved in the past.
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#8
Actually I think that's the current situation in Australia, just that no one appears to be enforcing it. After all a $50K fine for watching a film playing on *insertdevhere* over someone's shoulder or in the vehicle behind a visible in-headrest/screen would be newsworthy. Actually the last I think's a $100-$1000 fine for creating a distraction, presuming a officer could be bothered to write up something that's not speed or DUI related.

Or I could be recalling it wrong and $50k is the *AA penalty just for the screener and not everyone there....
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