The (new) Space Thread 🌌📡🔭🗿🛸🤖

[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.

[atomicpaul]

also, i suggest this book: https://www.amazon.com/Entering-Spac.../dp/1585420360

it's a little dated but zubrin does generally know what he's talking about, from what i remember

[atomicpaul]

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

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

But you can thank the current guy for diverting 30% of military funding to space exploration.

america, maybe, but setting america back 150 years is probably good for the human race at this point. we'll see. hopefully mamdani is a sign of things to come for america. i remain skeptical.

[shovelquest]

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

also, i suggest this book: https://www.amazon.com/Entering-Spac.../dp/1585420360

it's a little dated but zubrin does generally know what he's talking about, from what i remember

I can't wait for AI to convert it into a video! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[shovelquest]

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

america, maybe, but setting america back 150 years is probably good for the human race at this point. we'll see. hopefully mamdani is a sign of things to come for america. i remain skeptical.

Is it the 150 million 3rd worlders you wish were dead? Or just the 50 or so billionaires that made this possible:

Global immunization efforts in the USA are estimated to have saved at least 154 million lives over the past ~50 years.

[atomicpaul]

also, this dude is pretty great a lot of the time, if you weren't already aware of his content: https://www.youtube.com/@isaacarthurSFIA

[shovelquest]

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

also, this dude is pretty great a lot of the time, if you weren't already aware of his content: https://www.youtube.com/@isaacarthurSFIA

Nice this looks right up my alley ty!

Serious Q: how does it make you feel to see all those video thumbnails made by AI lol

[atomicpaul]

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

Nice this looks right up my alley ty!

Serious Q: how does it make you feel to see all those video thumbnails made by AI lol

i'm ambivalent on ai. i do think it's overhyped crap like most of the silicon valley stuff, like NFTs and many cryptocurrencies. but i have also used it a little at work when i can't get what i want by using vLookup, when searching for discrepancies between two given lists.

i don't think it's the end of civilization, but i also don't think it will solve as many problems as the silicon valley types say. i do think it will result in more and more unemployment as time goes on, but that seems to serve the goals of the billionaires, given the authoritarian shift of the last handful of years.