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“If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?” Posted by u/StirFryTaint
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"Complete with a fourth as yet unknown language." said u/PhantomBanker.
"Or just Wingdings. That would do it well." said u/Qubeye. -
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"That's....actually a great premise for a scifi horror movie. The rover rolls up to the Mars base and they're about to let it in when they glance at the monitor and realise the real rover is a mile away. Beep boop the doppleganger says, time to collect samples" said u/SoundscapeSyndicate.
"Watch the movie Moon (2009) sometime if you haven't yet" said u/Oatybar. -
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"And an extra continent, with a big X through it." added u/orbitalfreak.
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"With a slight chip in one of the legs so they'd be scared to sit down." added u/According_Many_1278.
"Except they could sit down, because the gravity of Mars is much less than Earth's. Which means we should send all of our chipped lawn chairs to Mars so that they will become functional again." said u/Mekisteus.
"That makes sense, they're still perfectly usable in the right scenario, I guess OP just didn't understand the gravity of the situation." said u/-SHORSEY-. -
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"Sounds like a Star Trek: Enterprise episode." said u/PokeCaptain.
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"Scientists have found evidence of a 2012 barn wedding on Mars" said u/Pays_in_snakes.
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Highly Entertaining Thread Discusses What to Place on the Surface Mars Just to Troll NASA Scientists
Most r/AskReddit questions produce pretty underwhelming threads, but sometimes you come across a prompt that inspires some truly gold replies, like this one recently posted by u/StirFryTaint. They asked the people of Reddit what they'd place on the surface of Mars just to confuse NASA scientists, and the answers are either straight up hilarious or legitimately good ideas for sci-fi movies we'd totally watch. Keep scrolling for all of our favorites from the thread.
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