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So motherfucking badass - NASA still relevant and cool
Druhim
Usagi's cuddlefishRegistered User, ClubPA regular
Usagi's cuddlefishRegistered User, ClubPA regular
So earlier today the NASA craft EPOXI passed within 700 km (in space that's really pretty damn close) of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 as scheduled. It took photos of Hartley 2. These photos are fucking cool as shit.
Phil Plait of the blog Bad Astronomy gives his impression of the photos if you care to read.
SO
GODDAMN
COOL
Phil Plait of the blog Bad Astronomy gives his impression of the photos if you care to read.
SO
GODDAMN
COOL
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$('#you').appendTo('#compton').css('color', 'white');Cold
So close yet so far.
$('#you').appendTo('#compton').css('color', 'white');PSN: Bogestrom
R.I.P. Wampa Milk
The final frontier
No one can hear you scream
those pictures are rockin' my socks
more cold floating rock
Look, there was shrinkage. Space shrinkage!
This fucking argument
I seriously hope it happens.
It seems like a manned Mars mission has been "about 20 years away" forever.
it might even be realistically sooner
2030 is 20 years from now
Consider where our manned space program was 20 years ago in 1990.
If we keep going at this pace we are going to get to Mars in approximately neverhundred years
we took 10 goddamn years to go to the moon before handheld calculators were even a thing
'Tea Party Minority Leader says Obama going to Mars to get birth certificate,' reports Huff Post.
So yeah, not likely to happen any time soon.
Have you read Red Mars? You should read Red Mars.
In fact, everybody should read Red Mars.
They effortlessly turn "Obama's killing the space program" into a meme that will never, ever die.
Republicans take congress, actually kill the manned space program, blame Obama. Everyone believes them.
Have I got this about right?
the food issue is still kinda a thing though
-I am The Alpha and The Omega-
I have the trilogy about a foot to my right on my bookshelf. Also I'm writing a Mars novel for NaNoWriMo.
^
But yeah sweet pictures. And screw ISS; send more exploration vehicles to places like Europa and Triton.
Oh and Red/Green/Blue Mars <3
:^:
high five, I just finished Red and am about to start Green
alternate post: I'm Sax IRL
This attitude is incredibly short sighted and Phil Plait does a good job explaining why.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/11/02/ten-years-of-the-international-space-station/