Did you know there was a very secret payload on board the Dragon spacecraft, the first private spaceship to reach orbit and return safely to Earth? SpaceX didn’t reveal what it was until today. The answer is deliciously funny.
It was a wheel of cheese! SpaceX CEO originally dropped a hint that if you liked Monty Python, you would enjoy the payload. The wheel of cheese is an ode to a skit from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, where John Cleese tries to order cheese from a cheese shop that has no cheese. And we’re sure there was some useful scientific testing that necessitates cheese too. [Universe Today via Geekosystem]
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Friday, December 10, 2010 at 12:28 PMThe Python Troupe are getting old but their impact in the human psyche lives on. I’m sure there will be a point in the not too distant future when a fish slapping dance, a funny walk or a dead parrot will show up and the kids will laugh without know where it all came from.