The (new) Space Thread 🌌📡🔭🗿🛸🤖

[Reiwa]

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

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.

If I know my optics and I do not, I think the light from the Sun can obscure an object as it transits into and out from behind the disk.

Asteroids don't have that problem even at a similar distance from Earth.

[shovelquest]

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

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

There is litreally nothing to be learned from a mars rovers photographs on mars, zero.

The only science was in "getting it there" - for the purpouse of what? So in 35 years when we send the next one after technology has drastically changed we can say we forgot how we landed on the moon?

Its all so fucking tiresome.

"so its sandy over here, and wow, its sandy over there"

Meanwhile: "what about that rock that looks like a big face, id love to see that, would watch it on prime time tV!"

"NO"........ "w-w-w-hat do you mean you're c-c-c-cuting funding??!!"

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 waitin

Yes, but even him for some reason does not want to make billions filming monoliths on the moons of mars.

BECAUUUSEEEE...

the alien conspiracy is real.

[shovelquest]

Humans go look at giant mountains all the time.

They spend thousands of their vacation dollars working years, just to drive out to a fucking canyon and look at it.

And we think taking photographs of monumental ones on mars would be a "waste of time"

So they send us this:

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It's a fucking CONSPIRACY dude.

[atomicpaul]

There's probably an Icehenge on Enceladus or Triton or something... I'd say read some Kim Stanley Robinson but he's an unapologetic commie <3

[shovelquest]

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

There's probably an Icehenge on Enceladus or Triton or something... I'd say read some Kim Stanley Robinson but he's an unapologetic commie <3

There's good works from commies, I can look past that. Hell I know for a fact you have to be a sexual predator to be a decent film maker or actor.

[atomicpaul]

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

Humans go look at giant mountains all the time.

They spend thousands of their vacation dollars working years, just to drive out to a fucking canyon and look at it.

And we think taking photographs of monumental ones on mars would be a "waste of time"

So they send us this:

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It's a fucking CONSPIRACY dude.

The average point on the surface of the earth is just boring water, but the features of the planet are certainly more complex

A boring rock can be home to billions of micro organisms, potentially, here on Earth

We aren't certain what we are even looking for, but I'm glad we are (collectively) still looking

[shovelquest]

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

The average point on the surface of the earth is just boring water, but the features of the planet are certainly more complex

A boring rock can be home to billions of micro organisms, potentially, here on Earth

We aren't certain what we are even looking for, but I'm glad we are (collectively) still looking

1. There are no aliens on mars its been like 10 years, there are no micro organisms.

2. A boring rock is exactly that, unless it's strange looking or Hollywood made a movie about it being a fucking source for all life on earth because everyone has been wondering what it is and what it looks like and would love to see it up close.

3. The only thing we should be looking for, are exciting pictures that make people interested in clicking on them and imagining what else could be beyond them.

Science is for curing cancer.

Space is for, "exploration"

[shovelquest]

The most intellectual argument against going to those locations is, "if we show everyone how boring space is they wont be interested, because it turns out its always just rocks"

Then they go and say, "well we looked all over mars and there are zero micro organisms and it's just a rock"

That... is the SAME THING... only even LESS fun than going to take pictures of strange monoliths.

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[atomicpaul]

please write sean duffy, the former road rules star and now acting head of nasa, that they aren't nearly entertaining enough

i'd sacrifice nasa if it also meant defunding the military, space isn't going anywhere

[shovelquest]

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

i'd sacrifice nasa if it also meant defunding the military, space isn't going anywhere

We all know a communist revolution would set us back 150 years.

But you can thank the current guy for diverting 3% of military funding to space exploration.