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Springtime on Mars

Dive into the humor of making fun of NASA, where the parachute made me laugh and brings joy to space exploration.

Written byPhil Plait

2006-12-13T22:12:18 | 1 min read

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Since I'm in a making-fun-of-NASA mood... The parachute made me laugh out loud.

Tip o' the heat shield to Larry Klaes.

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