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The Daily PollGARDAÍ HAVE THIS morning released the statistics from the annual National Slowdown Day which promotes safer driving among motorists.
Officers and GoSafe speed vans together checked 140,223 vehicles and detected 225 drivers travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
On a number of occasions, motorists were breaking the limit by over 40 km/h. However, gardaí have reminded motorists that the speed limit is not a target and being over the designated limit – no matter by how much – can cause fatalities on our roads.
So, this morning we want to know: How often do you break the speed limit?
I’m pretty sure Matt Damon just did a documentary about a guy who was on Mars for a year. Created his own water & grew his own spuds. He sciences the f¥CK outta that sh|t.
They should try a year in Leitrim. If you can survive that, anything is possible.
I’d say there was a fierce bang out of that tent when they opened it.
I’m sure that before the end of the 21 st century a baby is going to be born on Mars or the moon.that’ll really be a big day for the human race when theres a child born who doesn’ t call earth their homeplanet
I feel for that child. They’re going to be a science experiment for their entire lives with constant testing & monitoring.
ah I don’t know about that ou812 theyd be a celebrity sure and all over the media so they’d be in the public eye a fair bit but look at Neil Armstrong I don’t think they did any experiments on him that much
I seriously doubt it.
How do you put that down on a CV?
Prisoners in long term solitary confinement and trappist monks will find this story bemusing.
Like, big wows, whateverz.
The tent will probably end up on one of the Facebook selling pages later on with the caption “only used once in perfect nick,ideal for electric picnic”
Not sure of the benifits of this study as occupants new they can “get home” after a specific period. If we do send people to mars the likelihood is that it is a one way trip. If it is a six person mission, finding six scientists to become good friends and not end up hating each other will be the key. Hope it can be done by the end of the next decade.
Simon, “the benefits of this study”? You’ve got to take baby steps at the start. These people are among the pioneers of future space travel and colonisation. They are not just going to launch a bunch of people to Mars without possibly thousands of little experiments like this to test the validity of such a journey.
I read a book once that said men were from Mars and women were from Venus.Fascinating.
Absolutely madness. Homelessness is out of control and these people are taking up tent space so they can play space games!
Some people belong in Mars. Period…
Only difference is you can’t murder the entire crew and devour their bodies just after take off :-)
The money,and their intelligence,would be better spent if put into efforts to improve life here.
Mdmak33, “to improve life here”? If we decided to forget space travel and continue to over populate this planet, continue to pollute it, continue to use up all its natural resources etc, then the future of mankind is zero. Imagine if mankind never left Africa.
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