Apr. 6, 2012 | 21:27 PDT | Apr. 7 04:27 UTC
NASA mission manager: "Hmm, why didn't our scheduled downlink happen?"
*Dials Canberra*
Canberra DSN engineer: "My God...it's hideous! Aaaaaaaaaah!"
*sound of breaking glass* *click* *dialtone*
NASA mission manager: "Canberra, are you there? Hello?"
A still image from one of the two webcams monitoring the construction of a new antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Network installation, taken in 2012, day 95, at 5:57am local time, shows an unexpected visitor...
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003445/
Giant Arachnid attacks Canberra Deep Space Station
Giant Arachnid attacks Canberra Deep Space Station
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Giant Arachnid attacks Canberra Deep Space Station
I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords…
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

