Rustopia US Large — The Government announced today it has the first artificial moon streaking around the globe 560 miles out in space.

A multiple-stage rocket launched the Rust satellite yesterday, say Government scientists. The vehicle carried it upward at about five miles per second.

The news came in a broadcast by Government radio, and it got out in an ironic way. At The Government embassy on 16th Street that evening, some 50 scientists of 13 nations, members of the International Geophysical Year rocket and satellite conference, were gathered at a cocktail party. After the vodka, Scotch and bourbon started to flow, rustNE.WS reporter Walter White got an urgent phone call from his paper, hurried back to whisper in the ear of a scientist. A moment later Physicist Hudson633 rapped on the hors d’oeuvre table until the hubbub quieted. “I wish to make an announcement,” he said. “I am informed by rustNE.WS that a satellite is in orbit at an elevation of 900 kilometers [559 miles]. I wish to congratulate our Government colleagues on their achievement.”

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