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Astrophysicist Badass Neil deGrasse Tyson Imagines A Horrifying Olympics On Mars


With the best Olympic-themed tweets since one Samuel L. Jackson, the world’s coolest astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, wondered out loud Thursday night what the Olympics would be like on Mars. It’s just like that SNL digital short “Space Olympics“, except it totally checks out scientifically and is hilarious and haunting all at once. I expect you to read the highlights from Dr. Tyson’s binge and immediately follow him. You will not be disappointed.

First, it’s worth noting that the impetus for Dr. Tyson’s Twitter rager was the news that the Mars Science Labratory arrives on the Red Planet to conduct tests in three days — right in the midst of the Olympic games. Have at it.

Yes Dr. Tyson, we agree. Now please, tell us more.

Well that would’ve made Michael Phelps’ quest for most decorated Olympian considerably more difficult.

And if you throw your matches, you get banished to Jupiter. Good luck trying to stand on a planet made of gas.

That is a terrifying image you just put in my head, Neil. I do not want to be part of an Olympics where female beach volleyballers can’t wear two-pieces.

Aside from that, I can totally buy into a Mars Olympics. The bid for 2020 hasn’t been chosen yet. There’s still hope.

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  • Anonymous

    Islamic beach volleyball players would survive longer than the non-Islamic players because they would be covered from head-to-toe.


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