These Lego minifigs are going to Jupiter
By Ben on Thu Aug 4 2011
These Lego minifigs are going to Jupiter
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This Friday, NASA will launch an Atlas V rocket that will be contain a very special payload - three secret Lego minifigs. "Not only will the rocket be carrying Juno, a space probe that is being sent to Jupiter to study the fifth planet from the Sun, but there will be a few unique stowaways. The figures spent $15,000 carving these 1.5-inch tall figures out of solid blocks of aluminum to make sure that they don't cause the spacecraft to crash into Jupiter by accident. The beardy guy with the lightning bolt on the left there is Jupiter himself, next to him is his wife (and, uh, sister) Juno holding a magnifying glass, and rounding out the trio is Galileo, who's got a model of Jupiter in one hand and a telescope in the other. It is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, where it will spend a year orbiting the gas giant, and and crash into the planet’s surface."


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#1 Post by Squeekers, on Fri Aug 5 2011 5:34 AM
Cool! But...why?
#2 Post by Adam, on Sat Aug 6 2011 2:17 PM
"The figures spent $15,000 carving these 1.5-inch tall figures"
Really,the figures spent $15k carving themselves? I still say you need to hire someone to proof read your posts
#3 Post by ryan, on Sun Aug 7 2011 9:35 PM
woah. 15k on those 3 lego people? they couldnt just put together a few lego body parts themselves? or why not just ask lego to biuld them 3 little aluminum dudes.  and how exactly will they stop the ship from crashing?
#4 Post by Jermajesty, on Sun Jan 22 2012 6:33 AM
I don't know who you wrote this for but you helped a brhoter out.
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