Posted by
Matthew on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:20:36 AM
NASA has announced that the Phoenix Mars Lander has discovered salt in the soil of the red planet. NASA engineers seemed a little giddy when they made the announcement, but it was later explained that scientists in the control room play a drinking game based on elements identified by the lander.
"Oh, yeah, " said one researcher who asked not to be identified, "We each take a shot when our element is found."
And how are the elements assigned?
"We have a pretty honkin' big computer down here."
There may or may not be some kind of life on Mars, but there certainly is at NASA.