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Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:10 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:that sounds hot
Parker Solar Probe
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:45 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 6/27/19 at 4:31 pm to BoogaBear
NASA selects the dragonfly probe for its next solar system exploration mission. It’ll be a quadcopter sent to Saturn’s moon Titan to explore and look for nerdy science shite.
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Dragonfly, as the mission is called, is capable of soaring across the skies of Titan and landing intermittently to take scientific measurements.
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Where a Mars rover is limited to inching forward over a decade or longer, for the Dragonfly team, Titan’s sky and the drone’s nuclear fuel source are the limit.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 4:50 pm to TheFonz
quote:I was really hoping this is the goal of this new mission. Looking forward to the day when we can develop probes to explore Europa.
the four Galilean satellites
Edit: Titan will still be cool af though
This post was edited on 6/27/19 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:54 pm to funnystuff
Love it. We need to fund missions to the other moons as well. If all goes to plan well have a helicopter flying around one of the moons of Saturn, think about that for a second. That’s amazing and yes that’s real exploration. And every bit as inspirational to the idea of space exploration as having humans in space. And it’ll have an American flag on it while it’s there.
This post was edited on 6/27/19 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:lol come on man. No kid looks at robots and thinks “Wow I wanna be just like that thing when I grow up!”
And every bit as inspirational to the idea of space exploration as having humans in space.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:07 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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No kid looks at robots and thinks “Wow I wanna be just like that thing when I grow up!”
Speak for yourself, meatsack.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
It’s really odd how much space, UFO, and exploration talk that has been going on lately. Just 5 years ago you’d be a huge conspiracy theorist now it’s mainstream.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:12 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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lol come on man. No kid looks at robots and thinks “Wow I wanna be just like that thing when I grow up!”
How many current astronauts can you name.
Do you remember the excitement of the Mars landers as the entered the aptmosphere and the rocket crane lowered them, how exciting it was to see Pluto, when Cassini ended its mission and all of the epic pictures it gave us, the close up look of Jupiter from Juno?
Probes can and are exciting and can expire generations just as much as knowing there’s a human in space. They can go places we can’t, stay out there for years collecting data, really get exploration done and broaden our knowledge of the tiny spot of space we inhabit.
I get that the concept of humans in space is an appealing one and I’m all for it too. But don’t discount the value and excitement that comes with unmanned exploration. There’s nobody up there manning the Hubble Space Telescope and look at all we’ve gained from it.
This post was edited on 6/27/19 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Lisa Novak. Good job NASA.
How many current astronauts can you name.
quote:Thats cool. Manned exploration would be cooler and more inspiring.
Do you remember the excitement of the Mars landers as the entered the aptmosphere and the rocket crane lowered them, how exciting it was to see Pluto, when Cassini ended its mission and all of the epic pictures it gave us, the close up look of Jupiter from Juno?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Sounds like a great way to spend taxpayer money....
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:29 pm to LSU Alumnus
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Land on the Sun, motherfrickers. THEN I'll be impressed.
it's not impressive at all if they do it at night
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:32 pm to GaDawg9977
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Sounds like a great way to spend taxpayer money....
You’re right, it does. Funding exploration to expand human knowledge seems like a good investment to me.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:33 pm to DavidTheGnome
How about we use the money to solve problems here on earth instead of taking pretty pictures and looking for the boogie man out in space.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:46 pm to GaDawg9977
What problems? Feeding and clothing all the useless dregs of society? I say take the money from them and put it in the space program.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:49 pm to GaDawg9977
quote:How about we make sure we can escape to space and save our species if we do something stupid on Earth.
How about we use the money to solve problems here on earth instead of taking pretty pictures and looking for the boogie man out in space.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:51 pm to Scruffy
Plus I’ll never be able to realize my dream of being a space pirate if we keep feeding poor people and building roads and shite.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:56 pm to GaDawg9977
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How about we use the money to solve problems here on earth instead of taking pretty pictures and looking for the boogie man out in space.
Earth is trashy
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:58 pm to DavidTheGnome
Wait that’s a real picture?
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