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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Virgin Group today announced the launch of Virgle Inc., a jointly owned and operated venture dedicated to the establishment of a human settlement on Mars.
"Some people are calling Virgle an 'interplanetary Noah's Ark,'" said Virgin Group President and Founder Sir Richard Branson, who conceived the new venture. "I'm one of them. It's a potentially remarkable business, but more than that, it's a glorious adventure. For me, Virgle evokes the spirit of explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo, who set sail looking for the New World. I do hope we'll be a bit more efficient about actually finding it, though."
The Virgle 100 Year Plan's milestones will include Virgle Pioneer selection (2008-2010), the first manned journey to Mars (2016), a Virgle Inc. initial public offering to capitalize on the first manned journey to Mars (2016), the founding of the first permanent Martian municipality, Virgle City (2050), and the achievement of a truly self-sustaining Martian civilization with a population exceeding 100,000 (2108).
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PodFive
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NikosFyodor
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Damnit! I hate April Fool's Day. I wanted to go to Mars, but no... it's just a mean joke. Just like the Scioto Riverboat Gambling thing. I get all excited and then no, turns out that I'm just gullible.
I was so mad when I found out that the Blair Witch wasn't real, and so mad when I found out that there were no WMD's. Who knew these were all elaborate hoaxes! Why am I so trusting?
(April Fools!)
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NikosFyodor
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Uhmm, just so we're clear for the record I'm not gullible. I didn't buy any of the things that I listed as believing for a second. Not even the WMD bullshit. That's why I went and protested the war before it actually started. IF anything, I'm overly skeptical and cynical to a fault!
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PodFive
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NikosFyodor wrote Uhmm, just so we're clear for the record I'm not gullible. I didn't buy any of the things that I listed as believing for a second. Not even the WMD bullshit. That's why I went and protested the war before it actually started. IF anything, I'm overly skeptical and cynical to a fault!
I didn't assume that you actually believed anything you said. I thought it was hilarious to refer to WMDs as an elaborate hoax, because in a way, they were.
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NikosFyodor
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PodFive wrote
NikosFyodor wrote Uhmm, just so we're clear for the record I'm not gullible. I didn't buy any of the things that I listed as believing for a second. Not even the WMD bullshit. That's why I went and protested the war before it actually started. IF anything, I'm overly skeptical and cynical to a fault!
I didn't assume that you actually believed anything you said. I thought it was hilarious to refer to WMDs as an elaborate hoax, because in a way, they were.
I didn't assume that you assumed that I actually believed anything I said. I was just trying to make sure that other people didn't assume that I actually believed anything that I wrote (on this thread anyway). :wink:
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