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Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by iharris on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:02PM (#6842776)
Portal 2 reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI

Edit: It's clear that someone in NASA is a Portal fan - they sent a laser-etched image of Wheatley up with an HTV-3 resupply craft:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/118637-NASA-Sends-...

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Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by troymc on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:45PM (#6844297)
I'm not sure, but I suspect that the Portal 2 reference might itself be a reference to the recurring Muppet Show sketch "Pigs in Space" (pronounced Piiigs innn Spaaace).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjbkRktqIE

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Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by ThomPete on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:11PM (#6842832)
Their menu items on the left are even spelled that way.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/blue-origin-test-fires-new-rocke...

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Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by quarterto on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:34PM (#6842993)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're running a http://xkcd.com/1288/ browser extension.
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Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space by ThomPete on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:38PM (#6843017)
!!!!

Doh haha you are totally right. Completely forgot about it.

Thanks.

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