Britain's largest inflatable planetarium stolen

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/02/planetarium_stolen_university/?

British police are investigating an unusual theft: the UK's largest mobile, inflatable planetarium, a regular feature at schools and music festivals..

Local police issued the alert after the inflatable, run by the University of Hertfordshire, was stolen by suspects allegedly driving a silver Land Rover Discovery on October 21. The owners think the crooks intended to take the trailer it was stored in, rather than the stellar dome itself.

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MrNesser@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Well that blew up

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I don't think it did. In fact, I think it left the owners feeling deflated.

MrNesser@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Do you think the thieves will bounce now people know

Lurker@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If they don't I'm sure there will be some real inflated charges.

MrNesser@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I hope they find it otherwise the scientific community will be very deflated

gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y

Just a thought but has anybody checked out the owner of the second largest inflatable planetarium?

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I went into one of those last Wednesday! Photos do NOT do it justice as it was actually insanely cool, anyways, here's a photo of them changing the input source lol

FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Wow, it looks exactly like when god changes the input from daytime to nighttime!

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 14 pts · 1y

Meanwhile at the birthday party

"What the fuck? This isn't a bounce house!"

Zahille7@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Between this and the cheese, Britain can't catch a break.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Can't wait to hear about the next one.

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y

They made it too mobile.

Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It'll end up in a museum somewhere...

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I bet it was the guy that had to inflate it.

"Fuck this shit," was heard shortly before the disappearance.

echodot@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y

Maybe that request for a compressor should not have been rejected.

todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
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vatlark@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Stolen British Museum-ed

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

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