wow - memories - the panic button came with the original version of Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy back in the 80's

In Australia in the '70's and '80s we had a brilliant, albeit low budget, science education show The Curiosity Show. It was similar to MythBusters but concentrated more on simple demonstrable scientific prinicples rather than "wow, coke cleans nickels". This show piqued my attention towards learning more about "science"

as always xkcd has this one covered: http://xkcd.com/570/

i hear that the Weyland-Yutani corporation is good at making atmospheric processing modules

reminds me of a saying first generation creates the wealth, second generation expands the wealth, third generation spends the wealth.