NASA has successfully placed its new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in orbit around the red planet. This was actually a fairly risky maneuver, as the probe was using the planet's air to aid in its braking maneuver. The slightest error could have caused the two ton craft to either burn up in the atmosphere of Mars or else miss the planet entirely and continue on to Uranus (insert requisite asshole joke here).In fact, the entire mission has thus far gone off without a hitch. There have been no miscalculations due to metric/English conversions, no problems with the equipment itself, and no embarrassing technical errors by the mission control specialists.
That's too bad. I had some great jokes lined up.
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