The (new) Space Thread 🌌📡🔭🗿🛸🤖

[Ekco]

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[shovelquest]

Would have been cool if I accidentally cured cancer with that.

[Ekco]

alas, all you did was confuse the shit out of a large language model for a moment

[atomicpaul]

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It was just one of the many examples of proof we can take better pictures than this:

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Even on Earth, if you have a good camera, not everything is equally easy to photograph

This is far more exaggerated when dealing with the scale of space

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by atomicpaul [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]Even on Earth, if you have a good camera, not everything is equally easy to photograph

This is far more exaggerated when dealing with the scale of space

Tesla put a fucking car in space.

I don't understand what red herring you are trying to argue.

Are you aware the astroid 31 atlas is closer to earth than all of those astroids in those pictures.

[atomicpaul]

Yes, what I am trying to say is "close" does not necessarily mean "good picture possible". There are a lot of reasons why a clear image is difficult with a moving object like an asteroid or NEO.

Ever tried to take a photo of the ISS as it passes overhead? Different than a picture from orbit.

[shovelquest]

You know we have rockets, and satellites and space telescopes right?

The point is they take pictures of dumb shit, and are dumb.

And everyone is interested in the shit they say is "fake and parioloa"

Then they send us pictures of literal rocks.

Then they cry about funding and nobody caring about space.

WHY NOT SEND PICTURES OF ROCKS WE WANT TO SEE!

[shovelquest]

People would be more interested in space if when we see a fucking door on mars, they drive the god damn remote control car (thats driven 1000s of miles on mars) TO THE DOOR to show us its not a door.

Twitch drives mars rover > Mars rover

They have gained no scientific knowledge since putting the mars rover onto mars, none.

ZERO.

But they wont look at a face we make movies about?!?!?!

Its so mind bogglingly stupid to me.

[shovelquest]

Car in space = +150 billion market cap.

"trust us, it's just a rock, so here is 1000 pictures of other rocks" = no funding whatsoever and hate of your goverment.

Also fuck elon musk he should be doing this too.

The only thing that makes me believe aliens really do control earth, is that elon musk the donkey brain internet junky hasn't even tried once to prove nasa wrong about them.

[atomicpaul]

Reality is under no obligation to be marketable, and I very much doubt they'd keep sending rovers to Mars if there was nothing to be learned

I don't like the profit motive being near scientific advancement either, but it's the system we operate under. I don't like capitalism but if it must exist I do think private companies and individuals going into space is good for progress altogether. Even if it's a grifter like Elon, he won't live forever and space will be there waiting