Bagpipes - the first defence against alien invaders?
Oxfordshire piper's tunes could soon make it to the moon under the plans of an space entrepreneur.
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"I imagine he thought this would be the first part of the Earth's alien defence system."
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Oxfordshire piper's tunes could soon make it to the moon under the plans of an space entrepreneur.
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