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.

  • @MrNesser
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    3719 days ago

    Well that blew up

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      2019 days ago

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

      • @MrNesser
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        519 days ago

        Do you think the thieves will bounce now people know

          • @MrNesser
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            118 days ago

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

  • @gedaliyah
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    3219 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    2018 days ago

    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
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      618 days ago

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

  • @Zahille7
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    1319 days ago

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

    • @AbidanYre
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      119 days ago

      Can’t wait to hear about the next one.

  • @[email protected]
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    819 days ago

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

    “Fuck this shit,” was heard shortly before the disappearance.

    • Echo Dot
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      518 days ago

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

  • Todd Bonzalez
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    819 days ago

    the UK’s largest mobile, inflatable planetarium

    It’s like the size of a truck fully inflated. I can’t find a single picture of the inside. I’m guessing that this isn’t a sought after status…

  • @vatlark
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    418 days ago

    Stolen British Museum-ed

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