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Mars rover Curiosity has completed its first contact with the Martian surface, successfully fondling a rock with its robotic arm. Curiosity's robotic arm probes first rock The nuclear truck arrived at the "Jake Matijevic" rock, named after a late NASA engineer, after a short drive and probed the stone with its robotic arm to …

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  1. Dan Price

    *First* contact?

    Surely Curiosity "completed its first contact with the Martian surface" when it landed on it last month?

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    1. proto-robbie
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      Holmes

      Re: *First* contact?

      A handshake, in pollte introduction.

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    2. Tank boy
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      Re: *First* contact?

      "Surely Curiosity "completed its first contact with the Martian surface" when it landed on it last month?"

      It was. And don't call it Shirley.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    tool-kit

    After trying out its laser blaster and power drill, is it going to start chucking pipe-bombs and crouching behind anything that it finds?

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      Coat

      Re: tool-kit

      Nah, it'll probably shine its laser on passing spacecraft. Just for the lulz.

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  3. micheal
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    "Blast one of those rock formations Lieutenant........"

    "Cloudbase, we have a problem....."

    It'll end in tears!!!

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    1. Captain Scarlet
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      Tears

      Don't you mean Death, look at what they did to me :(

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    On behalf of the Matijevicians...

    ...I utterly condemn this unwarranted and unprovoked attack on our Homerock. We vow that this is not the end of this - we will have our revenge on you militant earthlings one day, and sooner than you think!

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    1. Graham Marsden
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      Re: On behalf of the Matijevicians...

      ... but were unexpectedly swallowed by a small dog ;-)

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  5. awomanfromVenus
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    More, more

    Blast more of that dammed planet, soon Venus will be the object of your desires.

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  6. Field Marshal Von Krakenfart
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    drive-by weapon test!!!!

    See, that's what happens when start listening to Will-I-am

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  7. Arachnoid

    See now you know why they invade the Earth in the future

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  8. ian 22
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    Nuclear powered truck

    Atomic cars have arrived, but they have a top speed of around 1.5 inches a second.

    Too little, too late.

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  9. Anonymous Coward
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    intergalactic zimmer frame

    Curiosity rover reminds me of mr herbert in family guy.

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  10. Michael Hoffmann Silver badge
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    Stop the silecophiles!

    Martian police: "OK, rock, show us on the pebble where the nasty space probe touched you."

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