Zさん："Have you heard about the NASA satellite that is measuring the amount of water in the top 2 inches of soil everywhere on the Earth’s surface? It is called Soil Moisture Active Passive* or S.M.A.P. for short."
Aさん：「I thought they broke up.」
*NASA really has a SMAP mission, I'm not making this up. https://smap.jpl.nasa.gov
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Z-san explains: "SMAP is the name of a 90s Japanese boy band. And a satellite."
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