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A 'Double Planet' Seen From Mercury 
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You mean from the MESSENGER spacecraft..it's currently going aroud the Sun at the moment, heading for orbital insertion around Mercury in March 2011.

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That's cool, i wonder if it has any bearing on life developing here.


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leeds_manc wrote:
That's cool, i wonder if it has any bearing on life developing here.

No chance of intelligent life developing here, and I am only visiting. ;)

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leeds_manc wrote:
That's cool, i wonder if it has any bearing on life developing here.


Most of what passes for intelligent life seems to be unaccountably concerned with passing around small green pieces of paper, and comparing their digital watches.

(I suppose I could have updated that to "mobile phones", but then it wouldn't have been as recognisable.)

(I'm also not sure we can still live up to the description of "Mostly harmless" either.)

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