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dipsydoodle

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Thu Aug 30, 2012, 07:11 AM Aug 2012

Will.i.am track ‘used to deter potential Martian assault’.

NASA has successfully armed its Mars rover ‘Curiosity’ with Will.i.am’s latest single, for use in the event of a Martian attack.

A NASA spokesperson said they were confident the rapper’s new song ‘Reach for the Stars’ would prevent any hostile extra-terrestrials from disturbing the space mission should the occurrence arise.

“The issue of how we could keep alien life-forms at bay whilst Curiosity Rover carried out its important work had been plaguing scientists for months,” he told reporters.

“Then, during NASA’s Space: it’s a big place! 2012 conference the sound man accidentally switched to the local radio station which was playing Will.i.am’s new song. The entire conference centre holding over 5,000 people was cleared in seconds.”

Read more: http://newsthump.com/2012/08/30/will-i-am-track-used-to-deter-potential-martian-assault/#ixzz251j1zQ8v

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Will.i.am track ‘used to deter potential Martian assault’. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Aug 2012 OP
That's funny. Does anyone have a link to Will.i.am's latest? I might 1monster Aug 2012 #1
Seems to me it would do the opposite n2doc Aug 2012 #2

1monster

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1. That's funny. Does anyone have a link to Will.i.am's latest? I might
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 07:22 AM
Aug 2012

want to use it to chase away the spiders that have invaded my house to escape from all the Isaac induced rain we've had lately...

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