. . . and I thought it was over

Those crazy scientists are still at it. With the help of millions of your dollars, those who weren't let go when we stopped shuttling or whatever are still drawing hundreds of thousands of dollars each to think up some more nonsense.

They sat around recently, and one of them suggested, "Let's tell them that we might once have had two moons. You know, trillions of years ago, so we don't have to prove it."

"Great idea, fellow scientist. That should assure funding for several more years. Meanwhile fellows, let's go out back and fire off an expensive rocket to Jupiter, as if that were possible."

"We'll tell them it will take five years to get there, and eventually they'll forget."

"Do you think it's possible?"

"Who cares? As long as we keep being paid. You wouldn't want to get a real job, would you?"

RECOMMENDATION: Mark your perpetual calendar for July 2016, but don't hold your breath.