so i know you've been riveted to the internet waiting to see if the Beagle2 successfully landed on mars, so you probably already know this; but in the off chance you aren't hanging out until the wee hours wondering if the beagle made it, you might have missed their latest press release...
http://www.beagle2.com/weblog/index.htm
exclaiming that Mitch Harris (of Napalm Death) who was actually hanging out at the Beagle2 party proposed to his fiance at the moment of theoretical martian touchdown.
this is one of those priceless moments when i remember that my fate as a geeky satellite watching misanthrope is actually quite intertwined with your own misanthropic Napalm Death-like metal obsession.
Beagle plays cupid [MUSIC]
Mitch Harris, guitarist with Napalm Death, waiting with the Beagle 2 scientists proposed to his girlfriend at the time Beagle was scheduled to land on Mars. Whilst we await confirmation of the landing, we are pleased to say that she accepted.
Posted by: Beagle 2 Team 25-Dec-03 04:48:52
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Dude this year at spookyworld there were 3 different marriage proposals in the park in houses. A couple who work there even got married at the front of the park one night, weird.