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Article #3515REM := Rat Enclosure Module (CNN Strikes Again)
From: Jonathan Deitch
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 21:55
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 21:55
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I don't remember offhand who is responsible for the NASA Acronym List, but I heard one on CNN today that certainly needs adding : REM := Rat Enclosure Module (No, really ... No Joke !) Apparently that is the name of some kind of little glass cage with built-in water and food plus waste disposal mechanisms. CNN mentioned it in passing as they reported that one of the thirty rats was 'bumped' from Columbia's flight due to malfunctions in the aformentioned REM ! 'til later ... - Jonathan Food for thought : What is the jellyfish (or whatever they are) module called? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet : jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu | "Good musicians execute ------------------------------------------------- | their music but bad ones "I'm a Time Lord. I walk in eternity !" - Dr Who | murder it !!! "
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!news.miami.edu!umiami!jdeitch From: jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Jonathan Deitch) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: REM := Rat Enclosure Module (CNN Strikes Again) Message-ID: <1991Jun4.175522.10395@umiami.ir.miami.edu> Date: 4 Jun 91 21:55:22 GMT Organization: Univ of Miami IR Lines: 19