POWERFUL solar flare belched at Mars rover Curiosity NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite has spotted a giant eruption off the surface of the Sun that will hit rover Curiosity on its way to Mars. The coronal mass ejection sent out an M1 class, or medium, solar flare from the north-east of the Sun that will hit NASA's Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO B) …
That's very reassuring, but "all" is a major qualification in the above statement. Noticeably, it does not preclude *some* or even *most* of life on the planet being destroyed without NASA running any risk of being sued by the surviving bacteria...
Curiosity was sent by X-COM (look it up) as our first wave of assault on the evil Sectoids, Ethereals & Mutons at Cydonia Base.
Obviously they've tried to intercept it half-way and it's been forced to whip out its laser cannon (seriously, it's got a big-ass laser) and blast away.
There IS no solar flare, that's just the cover-up by the X-COM Funding Council so nobody notices the increased radiation out there (from blowing up a Muton battleship or two).
Next thing out is... The Avenger(s)!
Sign me up for the squad!
The ejection makes me think of really bad C-movie special effects... I've got this theory that when an event occurs which is mind-bogglingly massive enough in scale, my brain simply pretends it's a really low-budget special effect in order to stop my head from exploding.
Amazing footage.
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