A question came up in the comments on the post Mars will pass behind sun, Rover operations affected, and the answer turns out to be very interesting.
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Daily Archives: January 24, 2011
Things blowing up and burning
You may or may not have heard the news: There was a major explosion, or set of explosions, with suicide bombers and everything, 31 or more dead, at the Moscow Airport. The details are sketchy.
And in a totally unrelated story, but still with an explosion, then there’s this:
I See Dead People Everywhere
And most of them are boys with their toys
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