LEGO men will be the first men to visit Jupiter

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:51 am

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-06/n ... er/2827152

Caption: LEGO figurines representing the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei aboard Juno (Reuters: NASA)

onward brave lego men, you carry the dreams of a planet with you

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:00 pm

I can only picture archaeologists, maybe human, maybe not, far in the future. Entire careers are spent trying to make sense of the significance of these little plastic figurines. Are they religious? Do they represent the progenitors of early human space travel? Why those three, specifically.

General Havoc · Post by **General Havoc** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:43 pm

Clearly these are fertility symbols from an ancient civilization.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:12 pm

the fate of these intrepid souls is a one-way dive down jupiter's gravity well at the conclusion of the mission

NOW are you guys crying yet or what

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:24 pm

I still think Juno is carrying a frying pan to hit Jupiter with......

Lys · Post by **Lys** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:08 pm

Maybe if she hits him enough he'll learn to keep it in his pants. Though with only Galileo for company, it might not be a problem.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:17 pm

Lego Men. I salute you.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:00 pm

For those about to block, we salute you...

The Minx · Post by **The Minx** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:02 am

If humans can't make the trip, then at least we have Lego figurines.

Though considering their fate, that's probably a good thing.

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