Mickey Mouse on Mercury

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NASA's Messenger probe has found Mickey Mouse on Mercury. Messenger has already transmitted more than 100,000 other images, so perhaps Pete is up there somewhere too. Pete's my favorite. (Los Angeles Times)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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http://grumer.org/ Avram Grumer

So is Disney going to try and sue the planet Mercury, or just assert ownership?
- Andrew Singleton
  
  I’d presume ownership.
- s2redux
  
  After the 2008 sighting of Mercury’s Babylon 5-ish “Spider Spot”, Mercurial solons set copyright worshipterms to a mere 5,000 years in an effort to head off threats from Earthican lawyers.
  
  Unfortunately, Earth never got the message since Mercury’s press release was handled by Harmoniums: “Here I am, here I am, here I am. So glad you are, so glad you are, so glad you are.” Thus feeling unconstrained, mercurial Earth solons raised copyright extension to its current terms: a zillion years or the day that Walt thaws, whichever comes last. If you feel strongly about this, send a donation to the EFF (Extraterrestrial Frontier Foundation).
- http://www.figuiere.net/hub/ Hubert Figuière
  
  Gosh, that was my first thought too…
- http://www.aldenbates.com/ Alden
  
  Clearly this is prior art.
- benher
  
  Hey now, I don’t think it’s prudent for moderators/contributors to make the best joke on first post… that would require the rest of us to think of a throwaway joke of equal/lesser hilarity – and given the time of day that this was posted, I would say this is an impossible task.
UncaScrooge

Oh boy! I can’t wait for another Richard Hoagland book!
show me

Pete who? Skinny Pete?
- David Pescovitz
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_(Disney)
http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

Hi kids! See that dial on your suit’s wrist joint? That turns red you’ve got 25 seconds to shelter in place, because you’ll never cycle an airlock in time. See that other dial? Don’t ever let it turn red, because that means you’re out of air. Pressure check your suit at the start and end of each shift, don’t eat food from the fridge that isn’t yours, and remember: you are now sterile. Welcome to hell!
nanner

it’s a Hidden Mickey, best viewed by the Probe as it passes over Tomorowland
http://twitter.com/facetiousian Ian McMahon

That’s not Mickey Mouse, that’s just TIT DIRT
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

It should have been on Pluto.
http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger

Oswald the lucky rabbit #1
Culturedropout

Dammit – I came here looking for graphic images of cartoon rodents exploding and then bursting into flames.
pjcamp

Man! Mickey could use some Retin-A.
http://thisisonlya.blogspot.com robcat2075

If you had snuck that in the background of a space opera people would be saying it was just too heavy-handed and obvious.

But it’s “off model” i tell ya’
http://twitter.com/mrmallon Mr Mallon

How long before Disney receives a letter from a lawyer claiming to represent the geology of Mercury…?
- benher
  
  Didn’t read the first comment? We all wanted to make this joke! See AvramGrumer? Do You SEE NOW?!
http://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com darrrrrrn

I can only make sense of this with the help of David Icke