Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 27, 2018 https://www.nasa.gov Another great day for science and discovery. Awesomness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted November 27, 2018 That actually is pretty exciting.. To be able to drill 16' into the crust, and have info relayed back - cool shiit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,814 Posted November 27, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted November 27, 2018 How much did this cost? We could house homeless vets for less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbfalcon 824 Posted November 27, 2018 Science is now considered fake news, so why anyone would pay this any mind or even believe it happened seems strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted November 27, 2018 These things always turn out to have the coolest acronyms. You'd think sooner or later just by accident we'd send up the F U C K Lander. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted November 27, 2018 Science is now considered fake news, so why anyone would pay this any mind or even believe it happened seems strange. Dumb. Swing and a miss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,145 Posted November 27, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? I guess you would prefer they probe Uranus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 27, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? Very minor knowledge about things we will never need from places we will never go to. But it’s still interesting. What’s the alternative, do nothing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted November 27, 2018 Very minor knowledge about things we will never need from places we will never go to. But it’s still interesting. What’s the alternative, do nothing? Learning that we can land a spacecraft on Mars is hardly minor knowledge. You have to walk before you can crawl, next we will be sending manned missions to Mars and a couple centuries later hopefully its fully colonized. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted November 27, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? If mankind is to exist far, far into the future - it will more than likely have to be either in space, or another planet. These early explorations are setting the groundwork for that possibility. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 4,035 Posted November 27, 2018 I guess you would prefer they probe Uranus. I pity you for making a joke that stupid....before I could make it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 27, 2018 Learning that we can land a spacecraft on Mars is hardly minor knowledge. You have to walk before you can crawl, next we will be sending manned missions to Mars and a couple centuries later hopefully its fully colonized. True, I’m just really bitter I won’t get to see it. It’s all I want, to see the actual future happen, not just slightly better iPhones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill E. 666 Posted November 27, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? It is tied into Climate Change. In 30 years the Earth will be burning up and we will all have to go there for the summer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,545 Posted November 27, 2018 Almost looks real... Way better than that garbage Kubrick put on film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 27, 2018 I still want one day for the first image to come back....some kind of alien looking into the camera lol. Would be hilarity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 27, 2018 Just know that at some point, Musk will send people to mars and it will be a suicide mission. They will either kill each other on the way there or not survive the surface. After that, the space program will be set back and I wouldn’t expect further missions funded for foreseeable future. Gonna be a disaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted November 28, 2018 Sure it did!!! Other than "the Earth is round", I don't believe a thing NASA says about anything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,145 Posted November 28, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? Insight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted November 28, 2018 I pity you for making a joke that stupid....before I could make it. My 11 yr old recently pointed out that Uranus is funny no matter how your pronounce it. Your Anus Or Urine Us Either way works. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 28, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? A question this stupid is why society sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,545 Posted November 28, 2018 Noticed this at the time but didn't know the back story... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/49ers-inspired-nasa-engineers-celebratory-mars-landing-handshake-210644390.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted November 28, 2018 Science is now considered fake news, so why anyone would pay this any mind or even believe it happened seems strange. what does penus and bagina have to do with this ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,286 Posted November 28, 2018 Why do we give a fock? What exactly are we getting out of this? It's super cool..that's why Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sderk 1,040 Posted November 28, 2018 True, Im just really bitter I wont get to see it. Its all I want, to see the actual future happen, not just slightly better iPhones. I'm betting you saw computers develop, internet, GPS, etc.. Not saying I personally like all the applications that were developed, I even dislike a ton of them, but the "future" happened in a short period of time on this planet over the past 25 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 816 Posted November 28, 2018 How much did this cost? According to NASA, the InSight Lander project is currently running at $830 million. Is it worth it? Who knows, but I hope our Congressmen do because average Americans don't care. Ask the next person you see if they think $830 million is worth it for the Mars lander project - 90% will say yes. Tell them it cost $2 billion - 90% will say yes. Tell them it cost $100 billion and still nobody cares. As long as you mention the word "space" it's a yes. People are idiots... and so are Congressmen. God save America, from ourselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sderk 1,040 Posted November 28, 2018 People are idiots... and so are Congressmen. God save America, from ourselves. So people are idiots? Meaning every person is an idiot? Meaning who cares what decision is made because it's made by an idiot? And people who comment on any decision is an idiot? So your comment is idiotic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted November 28, 2018 These things always turn out to have the coolest acronyms. You'd think sooner or later just by accident we'd send up the F U C K Lander. I believe that probe is scheduled to explore Uranus. I know it's already been done in this thread, but I did it better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 816 Posted November 28, 2018 So people are idiots? Meaning every person is an idiot? Not so literal. But people are idiots when it comes to space spending. Too many Star Wars movies. I'm for some space money, but Mars visits seem as pointless as the Moon visits. Cool pictures and all, but.... ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 28, 2018 I'm for some space money, but Mars visits seem as pointless as the Moon visits. Cool pictures and all, but.... ok.Its super cool to be the first person on mars. But soon after you will realize you are stuck on a planet with nothing to eat, an environment constantly trying to kill you, a million things that can and will go wrong with whatever equipment you have and basically no hope of retrieval and return to earth. Now you look over at the people or person with you and start counting how many rations you have. If that person were gone youd have more food...hmmm. So you realize you are doomed and need to kill the others to preserve your own chances of survival. Thing is, if they are smart they have figured this out too and are plotting your murder as you think of all this. I think about this a lot actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted November 28, 2018 Its super cool to be the first person on mars. But soon after you will realize you are stuck on a planet with nothing to eat, an environment constantly trying to kill you, a million things that can and will go wrong with whatever equipment you have and basically no hope of retrieval and return to earth. Now you look over at the people or person with you and start counting how many rations you have. If that person were gone youd have more food...hmmm. So you realize you are doomed and need to kill the others to preserve your own chances of survival. Thing is, if they are smart they have figured this out too and are plotting your murder as you think of all this. I think about this a lot actually. Your scenario applies to Earth too by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kanil 519 Posted November 28, 2018 True, I’m just really bitter I won’t get to see it. It’s all I want, to see the actual future happen, not just slightly better iPhones. 100 years ago we were traveling on horseback. Now you're arguing about an unmanned spacecraft traveling 33 million miles and landing on a surface that has a 1000 mile diameter, with dozens of people thousands of miles away from each other, instantly, many of whom are using a device small enough to fit in their pocket. And you're complaining about it not being enough! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 28, 2018 I cant wait for james webb space telescope...thats gonna rock the science world Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
