[oli]

Hmm, it appears that both Mercury and Mars have 38% relative gravity.

I'm slightly inclined to think Mercury might be the relevant one, given the Freddy Mercury lyrics in a Munich Hotel reference pointed out earlier

[fezzik]

Spoilered just in case.
[edit - spoiler actual solves, SHARE speculation please - kona]

[SPEC]
There are several: Tycho, Janssen, Copernicus.

I found a St. Augustine of Hippo, and religion that worships Pink Hippos. Ion Coolant is a mystery, but if you search for that term, the odd coincidence is that the first hits are about the Saturn Ion....*Saturn* Ion. Hmm.

Not sure yet where this goes, but the thing about Carry the Weight must relate to the Weight concept of 38% and 17% gravity.[/SPEC]

[Zhirgoyt]

Turns out there are shitloads (pardon my french) craters on both the moon and mars. But if you google "two craters with the same name" the second hit is a wikipedia-site for list of craters with ray-systems. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_craters_with_ray_systems)

The funny thing is that the planets (and moons) mentioned are:

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mercury (freddie), mars (38%) and the moon (17%)

[Yamato]

Zhirgoyt wrote:

oli wrote: Okay, some googling and wiki'ing has come up with these ideas: Apparently "crater" is derived from the greek word for "mixing bowl" "Carry that Weight" is a song on the Beatles' Abbey Road album which is apparently unusual in that all four Beatles sing The relative gravity (compared to earth) is approx 38% for mars and 17% for the moon I'm not quite sure what this give us Is it possible that we are looking for craters on both mars and the moon with the same name? Because that 38%/17%-thing can't be a coincidence.

sounds very likely. not sure how "ion coolants of holy hippos" relates to that but i'm looking into both.

[Zhirgoyt]

oli wrote:

Okay, some googling and wiki'ing has come up with these ideas: Apparently "crater" is derived from the greek word for "mixing bowl" "Carry that Weight" is a song on the Beatles' Abbey Road album which is apparently unusual in that all four Beatles sing The relative gravity (compared to earth) is approx 38% for mars and 17% for the moon I'm not quite sure what this give us

Is it possible that we are looking for craters on both mars and the moon with the same name? Because that 38%/17%-thing can't be a coincidence.

[Yamato]

mixing bowl is also used as the nickname for the following US highway interchanges:

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The confluence of Interstate 696/Reuther Freeway, US-24/Telegraph Rd., M-10/Lodge Freeway, 11 Mile Road, Lahser Road and Franklin Road in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. The interchange of Interstate 395 and Route 27 in Arlington, Virginia, part of the Pentagon road network The complex Springfield Interchange in Springfield, Virginia.

the last two both reference interstate 395 if you look them up, and both mention virginia. may be nothing, but we'll see.

[Zhirgoyt]

The text in the source code

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stilyagi debs writing lyrics in a munich hotel

could be referring to Freddie Mercury writing "crazy little thing called love" in a Munich hotel bath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Little_Thing_Called_Love). And the only Beatle song from the album Abbey Road where all the members of the band are singing is "carry that weight" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_That_Weight).

That's as far as I've gotten.

[oli]

Okay, some googling and wiki'ing has come up with these ideas:

Apparently "crater" is derived from the greek word for "mixing bowl"

"Carry that Weight" is a song on the Beatles' Abbey Road album which is apparently unusual in that all four Beatles sing

The relative gravity (compared to earth) is approx 38% for mars and 17% for the moon

I'm not quite sure what this give us

[Yamato]

the "abbey road all four singing" part i'm pretty sure is related to the beatles. the rest i've yet to figure out.

stilyagi is the russian word for "hipster" or "stylish".

[oli]

I am thoroughly stumped on the next page. The text in the page source doesn't help me either:

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stilyagi debs writing lyrics in a munich hotel

Anyone got any ideas?

[Yamato]

jameskmonger wrote:

I've noticed a pattern: Spoiler (Rollover to View): Under von Braun is the number 5. He designed Saturn FIVE. Gwen Stefani has the number 4. Return to Saturn was No Doubt's FOURth album. William Herschel has the numbers one and two. He discovered Uranus (1) and two moons Uranus and two moons of Saturn. Yet I don't know how to apply it.

you need to email the answer

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saturn

to tevan. you'll get the next part from them.

concerning the next part at http://www.starfleetacademy.net/3400916_1.html , the page says

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Ion coolants [of] holy hippos. Two mixing bowls with the same name. Name the name. Find the locations. abbey road all four singing 38% and 17%, approximate

source says

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stilyagi debs writing lyrics in a munich hotel

[jameskmonger]

I've noticed a pattern:

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Under von Braun is the number 5. He designed Saturn FIVE. Gwen Stefani has the number 4. Return to Saturn was No Doubt's FOURth album. William Herschel has the numbers one and two. He discovered Uranus (1) and two moons Uranus and two moons of Saturn.

Yet I don't know how to apply it.

[Yamato]

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Spoiler (Rollover to View): The answer is 'Saturn.' http://www.starfleetacademy.net/3400916_1.html Let's find out if you should serve on the bridge or the galley.

[jameskmonger]

The email I got:

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Find the link, a six-character proper noun in Terran English.

[Yamato]

[edit - add an explaination what is under the spoiler tag so you know what it is about before you mouse over it - kona]

"using the planet name and the number to solve the puzzle?"

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"return of saturn" was no doubt's fourth album to come out, four years after their previous one. (those who are familiar with no doubt would know that gwen stefani performs with them, so you need to look up the band rather than the person for this one)