Great Galactic Ghoul

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.2 See also 1.3 Quotations

English

Proper noun

Great Galactic Ghoul

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See also

Quotations

2004: Considering the billions of dollars worth of spacecraft that the Great Galactic Ghoul has eaten in the past, the UK’s Beagle 2, at about $70 million, must have seemed like an insignificant little morsel—like eating a couple of grapes, when one really wants to have a T-bone steak. — Taylor Dinerman in Is the Great Galactic Ghoul losing his appetite?], The Space Review, September 27, 2004.