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...staff sergeant strides toward the contaminated area in his heavy haz-mat suit, looking like an astronaut on Mars, complete with an R2D2-like robot on wheels. He disables the IED, and as he walks away, his comrades spot a man about to use a cell phone. The spaceman turns and runs. Too late: BOOM! The bomb explodes and so does he. Blood seeps down his helmet visor like red rain on the wrong side of a car windshield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hurt Locker: Iraq, With Thrills | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...banquet so expensive that only 29 of us could afford it," he told Ed. "I couldn't even afford to lend the money to Ray Bradbury, 'cause it was one dollar a plate. Of course no food, you understand, just a dollar for a plate." Forry wore the spaceman outfit around the city, attracting cries of "Buck Rogers!" and "Flash Gordon!" from local children. He added: "They had an Esperanto convention, the artificial language, which I know. ... So I was in this futuristic costume and I went up and explained in Esperanto that I was a time traveler from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92 | 12/6/2008 | See Source »

...World We Live In,” incorporate such a circus variety of sound that they become more overwhelming than enjoyable. Lyrically, “Day & Age” departs from the Killers’ traditionally straightforward lyrics. The songs reveal a darker sensibility. Take “Spaceman,” in which Flowers is abducted by brainwashing aliens, or “This Is Your Life,” where Flowers sings: “The cops, they’ll steal your dreams and they’ll kill your prayers / Take a number where the blood...

Author: By Tiffany Chi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Killers | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...You?re a second-generation spaceman. Had you applied for the U.S. space program as well? No, I never applied. I was told no before that ever occurred. Because my father was an astronaut, the NASA clinic was my family doctor, you might say. And one year when I was a young teenager the NASA eye doctor came to me, and as my eyesight was becoming fairly bad, he said, "Hey richard, you've got bad eyesight; I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but that's going to prevent you from ever being selected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Tourist Richard Garriott | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...sergeant says, "we're gonna blow up their f---in' road" - but way harder to accomplish. As he walks toward the contaminated area wearing a heavily insulated space suit on a 130-degree day, he catches the corner-eyesight of a man about to use a cell phone. The spaceman turns and runs. Too late: BOOM! The bomb detonates and so does he. Blood seeps down his helmet visor like red rain on the wrong side of a car windshield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hurt Locker: A Near-Perfect War Film | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

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