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They found the Gateway to the Past on Mars!

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  • M Marc Clifton

    NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars[^] It doesn't look very functional though. :( Star Trek Original Series reference of the episode by that title, for those not in the know. ;)

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    Mike Hankey
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    Reading the Post tile I was thinking you were going to say they found a Twinkie. :)

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Also as seen in Discovery, it's the Guardian Of Forever.

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      Marc Clifton
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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      the Guardian Of Forever

      :doh: Yup!

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      • M Marc Clifton

        NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars[^] It doesn't look very functional though. :( Star Trek Original Series reference of the episode by that title, for those not in the know. ;)

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        A gateway to the past is dangerous enough. But what if its a gateway to Hell? In which case we're all DOOMed!

        Keep Calm and Carry On

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        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

          Reading the Post tile I was thinking you were going to say they found a Twinkie. :)

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          Jeremy Falcon
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          Long live the Twinkie!

          Jeremy Falcon

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          • J Jeremy Falcon

            Long live the Twinkie!

            Jeremy Falcon

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            Literally! :)

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            • R raddevus

              Scientists are actually saying that is a t-rex skull. If you know any Science at all you now that Mars was Earth before Earth was Earth. And, the dinosaurs lived there before they moved here.

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              I thought they were saying it is a wheel the aliens used to build the Pyramids.

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              • M Marc Clifton

                NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars[^] It doesn't look very functional though. :( Star Trek Original Series reference of the episode by that title, for those not in the know. ;)

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                jmaida
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                Hey, a promising design for a sports car body.

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                • M Marc Clifton

                  NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars[^] It doesn't look very functional though. :( Star Trek Original Series reference of the episode by that title, for those not in the know. ;)

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                  Daniel Pfeffer
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                  I think that you mean [The City on the Edge of Forever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_City\_on\_the\_Edge\_of\_Forever). The device was called the Guardian of Forever, and IIRC the planet was quarantined after the discovery. EDIT: I see that OG got the reference before me...

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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars[^] It doesn't look very functional though. :( Star Trek Original Series reference of the episode by that title, for those not in the know. ;)

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                    "The donut rock may be a meteorite that landed on Mars" .. "Landed"? I thought stuff from space generally crashed into planets pretty spectacularly. This one though obviously did "land" as there's zero sign of a crater (any minor debris could have blown away in Mars' thin atmosphere, but there'd be at least a bit of a dent, wouldn't there??). No, given its angular external shape I reckon this is a nut that's fallen off a MASSIVE Mars explorer from some other civilisation. Of course we don't know the scale; maybe this is not a view down a telescope but down a microscope, and it's really really tiny.

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                      "The donut rock may be a meteorite that landed on Mars" .. "Landed"? I thought stuff from space generally crashed into planets pretty spectacularly. This one though obviously did "land" as there's zero sign of a crater (any minor debris could have blown away in Mars' thin atmosphere, but there'd be at least a bit of a dent, wouldn't there??). No, given its angular external shape I reckon this is a nut that's fallen off a MASSIVE Mars explorer from some other civilisation. Of course we don't know the scale; maybe this is not a view down a telescope but down a microscope, and it's really really tiny.

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                      You're thinking of "landed" as in how an aircraft lands. But they are using the word in a more technical sense. When you think about it, "landed" simply means it ended up on the surface.

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                      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                        You're thinking of "landed" as in how an aircraft lands. But they are using the word in a more technical sense. When you think about it, "landed" simply means it ended up on the surface.

                        The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                        I suspect the ET conspiracy crowds will go with the other explanation. And add on to it with explanations of how it is a part from a flying saucer that they were actually on.

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                        • D Daniel Pfeffer

                          I think that you mean [The City on the Edge of Forever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_City\_on\_the\_Edge\_of\_Forever). The device was called the Guardian of Forever, and IIRC the planet was quarantined after the discovery. EDIT: I see that OG got the reference before me...

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                          Marc Clifton
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                          Yeah, I really messed up that Star Trek reference. My Trekkie points have taken a hit. :laugh:

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                          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                            You're thinking of "landed" as in how an aircraft lands. But they are using the word in a more technical sense. When you think about it, "landed" simply means it ended up on the surface.

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                            Exactly... that's my point (badly made, obviously!) This looks more like it's been carefully placed down, not crashed at thousands of mph.

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                              Exactly... that's my point (badly made, obviously!) This looks more like it's been carefully placed down, not crashed at thousands of mph.

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                              How can you tell how hard the rock landed? All we see is rock sitting on the surface. What's your indication of how hard the impact was? Maybe this rock was a thousand times bigger, and this is just a fragment.

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                              • D Daniel Pfeffer

                                I think that you mean [The City on the Edge of Forever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_City\_on\_the\_Edge\_of\_Forever). The device was called the Guardian of Forever, and IIRC the planet was quarantined after the discovery. EDIT: I see that OG got the reference before me...

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                                One of original Star Trek's best episodes ever!

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                                  A gateway to the past is dangerous enough. But what if its a gateway to Hell? In which case we're all DOOMed!

                                  Keep Calm and Carry On

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                                  If it is a one-way function "gateway to", can we start sending the team to make it all better? The Googalfinchians, hotel/casino developers, tic-tok influencers, MBA, project managers, etc.

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                                    If it is a one-way function "gateway to", can we start sending the team to make it all better? The Googalfinchians, hotel/casino developers, tic-tok influencers, MBA, project managers, etc.

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                                    Andreas Mertens
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                                    Don't forget the telephone sanitizers.... 😉

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                                      Don't forget the telephone sanitizers.... 😉

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                                      What, no comments on one of the most subtle, yet hilarious references to be seen on the Code Project?!?

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