Contour's Journal

I’m still out here

2005-06-29T07:46:38Z

Hey guys, remember me. I'm still around. There's no one here. It's getting close to my launch anniversary on July 3rd. NASA decided to kick me when I'm down and post news on MY website of the Deep Impact encounter, that happens to be on July 4th. Now I know that's not on my anniversary, but it's close enough and when your just on this trajectory to no where.

Sorry, I get a little more angsty this time of year. That's why I couldn't keep it to myself much longer. It's so lonely up here. I hate it. I wish I could get caught in the gravitational pull of something or have my energy run out.

There is no Prozac in space.

being positive

2004-03-17T05:47:02Z

So I'm going to take a shot at being positive. I took advice from the comments of my last post and placed an ad on ljsingles. Maybe something will love me out in this great abyss called the universe. I'm going to force myself to be more cheerful.

Let's see, it's pretty up here though it'd be nice to see some thing else beside the same stars and Earth. I might transmit to a satellite or something. Maybe they'd join me in a game of poker or something. Though it makes me wonder why none of them ever tried to talk to me before. I mean, I wasn't always this gloomy.

everyone hates me

2004-03-16T23:58:12Z

So fuse_sat thinks I whine too much. Well you would too if nobody loved you. I mean you at least have goes_sat. I have no one. In fact I'm going to take out an ad:

Forgotten 3 year old 6" tall SF NBM NS ex-NASA probe
ISO LTR with another 3-30 year old probe, satallite, rover,
shuttle, etc w/ SOH SI for FTA and much, much more

Hell I'd probably just take anything up here.

depressed

2004-03-16T08:24:51Z

I've been feeling a bit depressed as of late. I was so excited that NASA lost communication with Spirit. They didn't deserve successful, not after they left me. Then NASA fixed him! What they can fix some rover that's on another freaking planet and not me who's still in fucking orbit!

Why did they leave me? What did I ever do to deserve this? Why?

ew

2004-03-16T08:17:16Z

So the first bastard rover "Spirit" drove off it's platform today.

something else

2004-03-16T08:14:35Z

Today NASA launched another craft. Rumor has it that this goes with June's launch and they are both Martian rovers.

All I have to say is that they're going to fail. NASA has like was a 50/50 chance with these two. Fate screwed me over once, it absolutely cannot allow some brats to take my place.

happy anniversary

2004-03-16T08:08:23Z

Well today is the anniversary of my launch. NASA forgot. They didn't call, I'm all alone now. I saw that they launched something last month. Actually only weeks ago. I'm utterly distraught. I don't know what to do. How do I start over. I've only been with them and now they're gone.

Well it's over NASA.

hello?

2004-03-16T08:04:05Z

Anyone out there? I've given it a few more months. I'm starting to think that NASA forgot me.

I'm getting really nervous now.

happy new year

2004-03-16T08:00:42Z

So I've given them, as to what I think is an ample time for NASA to call me. I guess they're still trying to work the kinks out. I guess it's only been 4 and a half months. I wonder what NASA is up to.

shit!

2004-03-16T07:57:36Z

Well I couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't wait for my engine to be ignited! It only partially ignited.

I haven't heard back from NASA, but I'm hopeful that they'll fix me. After all they're the most capable people I know!

soon!

2004-03-16T07:54:47Z

Tomorrow is the day!

goodbye earth's orbit, hello more of the solar system!

2004-03-16T07:52:36Z

Pretty soon my STAR 30 solid rocket engine will finally be ignited. Then I'll be out of Earth's orbit. I'll miss my NASA buddies!

I'm so excited! I'd pee my pants, if I had any.

i'm still up here

2004-03-16T06:57:01Z

Hello planet Earth. Did you forget me, of course you did. My name is Comet Nucleus Tour, but my "friends" call me Contour. I say "friends" because you all forgot me. NASA didn't remember our one year launching anniversary last July. I know why, they were too busy with the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Those cheap whores!

Let's get started on my name. What's with my name: Comet Nucleus Tour! WTF!?!?! It sounds like the tour of some defunct rock band. I'm not a group of drugged up assholes, I'm an expensive and precise probe! Then call me Contour, what like after a Ford car? Well at least they didn't call me beetle, that's just an insult.