yay! something to celebrate. mankind moves forward and ... Gim Allon is on his way to getting super powers 1000 years from now.
Posted by superboymddjr on :
Mars....blah.
I am more inclined toward both Titan and the New Horizons (Pluto now has FIVE moons!!! )
Posted by Blockade Boy on :
coincidentally, reading Bova's Mars series.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
I should write a book called Mars needs sparkly vampires". Should guarantee a best seller, lol.
I think it very cool that they are doing this.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
What gets me is... this kind of thing is the perfect example of the decline of the world.
Here you have a tremendous achievement. People that barely over 100 years ago had never left the ground in sustained flight, have sent a small piece of machinery on average 1.3 to 10/8th power miles away, to land on another planet, safely, and transmit photos back detailing terrain, soil compositions, and a host of other things ...
and more people in the world are interested in Kim Kardashian.
Something, somewhere, is horribly wrong with us.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
I read that Anonymous is trying to hack Curiosity. That struck me as both hilarious and appalling. I'd hate to see them wreck the thing, given my irrational devotion to all things spacey, but what a challenge!
Posted by the Hermit on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: What gets me is... this kind of thing is the perfect example of the decline of the world.
Here you have a tremendous achievement. People that barely over 100 years ago had never left the ground in sustained flight, have sent a small piece of machinery on average 1.3 to 10/8th power miles away, to land on another planet, safely, and transmit photos back detailing terrain, soil compositions, and a host of other things ...
and more people in the world are interested in Kim Kardashian.
Something, somewhere, is horribly wrong with us.
On the other hand, the Mars landing has generated more interest than anything involving NASA since probably the Columbia disaster. And this time it's for something positive. I find that somewhat encouraging.
Posted by Blockade Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by rickshaw1: What gets me is...
and more people in the world are interested in Kim Kardashian.
Something, somewhere, is horribly wrong with us.
It is more interesting when the aliens come to us.