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So you've always wanted to go to space, but don't want to die on Mars alongside a load of other explorers on a suicide mission? Now you can get part of the way there after NASA offered wannabe space travellers the chance to send their name up to the asteroid Bennu. The space agency's OSIRIS-REx mission will blast off in 2016 …

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  1. John Smith 19 Gold badge
    Coat

    Probably the most expensive 60g anyone will ever buy..

    Just saying.

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    1. Annihilator
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      Re: Probably the most expensive 60g anyone will ever buy..

      You've never bought printer ink then.

      Although in all seriousness (interesting factoid alert) anti-matter is possibly the most expensive substance - running into £trillions per gram :-)

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      1. Crazy Operations Guy
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        Re: Probably the most expensive 60g anyone will ever buy..

        Or HP toner

        At one point that stuff ended up costing more than pure, uncut cocaine.

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        1. NomNomNom
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          Re: Probably the most expensive 60g anyone will ever buy..

          or heroin

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  2. Dick Emery
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    The greys are coming

    They now have a list of who is naughty and who is nice. Don't feel butthurt about it though.

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    1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
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      Re: The greys are coming

      Only after the probing.

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  3. Mark 85

    Name only?

    To hell with names... I want to send my mother-in-law.

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  4. dssf

    Piss of any hiding Aliens sufficiently and the might knock our asses BACK into pond scum, hahahaha...

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    1. Mark123
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      Relax I got this covered. I just put my name as General Zod, Emperor of Earth.

      Those aliens wont think about messing with us now!

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      1. Zmodem
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        im king adam, master of the universe, stick to flight paths and i wont make their ships rattle with my mentle powers, it aint all bad yall, and wont get shot at with lasers and missles like

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  5. Gareth Wright
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    Harry (The Asteroid) Stamper

    On his way to Bennu, here's hoping he doesn't miss the thing....

    I'll get my coat....

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  6. Tom Chiverton 1

    It's a bit misleading not to even link to http://www.planetary.org/get-involved/messages/bennu/ which is what you actually need to do.

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    1. Chris Evans
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      "a bit misleading" no!

      I call it laziness!

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  7. Anonymous Coward
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    So even the aliens are Man United supporters now.

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  8. Roger Varley

    Wow

    Someone just has to send a 'Kilroy was here'

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  9. Alistair
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    Need to send name "VGER"

    Must be on the list.

    Coat required, it will be cold up there.

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    1. Zmodem
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      Re: Need to send name "VGER"

      the green ming

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  10. ravenviz Silver badge
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    Woo look at me!

    I thought facebook itself was enough for reassurance of people's existence.

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