Perseverance lives!
Meet the Martians
- Thread starter Cypress
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Perseverance lives!
Our generation grew up on Star Trek and Apollo missions, so perhaps we are predisposed to being NASA geeks
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
Incredible!
Perseverance has a bloody helicopter they plan on flying around Mars. It does not get much cooler than that.
NASA is proof positive that government works and can attract dedicated and talented professionals.
Yay socialism!
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
And yay for science too!
Most reputable polling in the last decade show that most scientists are supporting the Democratic Party.
Further, there are people on obscure message boards who do not feel the need to crow about their degrees and level of university education.
It is incredible how they can program these robotics to autonomously pick out the safest places to land using their onboard remote sensing technology.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
Mr. Owl has a "science degree," as did my father, and as does my son. None of them are/were RWers.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
It is.
The photos give me goosebumps. Being able to see another world, so far away, with that clarity. I'm really looking forward to the bio experiments and the results.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Cypress,
Watched it all on the live NASA feed.
It was awesome!
Simply amazing.
All that stuff worked to land that craft after all those months of sitting dormant during the trip. Wow.
Watched it all on the live NASA feed.
It was awesome!
Simply amazing.
All that stuff worked to land that craft after all those months of sitting dormant during the trip. Wow.
I'm not crowing about anything, just disputing your allegations. Sorry if that makes you feel inadequate.
Me too.
High resolution photos will be coming this evening. We are just getting the raw, unprocessed photos now.
I find it electrifying!
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Ooooh, you're a coy whore. LOL
What do you think should be the primary mission of the United States government? No essays, please. Just a succinct sentence or two.
Engineering and technology certainly use scientific principles, but as a profession its goals, scope, and nature are distinct from science.
And that is why no real professional civil, mechanical, or chemical engineer ever calls themselves a "scientist".
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
It was a great moment.
On the side, watching journalists interview physicists with Doctorates of Science try to "sell" science was the most awesome fucking thing I've seen in years!
Those poor bastards put a fucking SUV sized robot on fucking MARS and look like virginal computer geeks asking for a prom date.
I love the irony. "God bless us, every one!"
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Isn't that the difference between research and application as previously mentioned? The same difference between theoretical and Applied physics?
My brother worked at JPL, and I have to admit, the enthusiasm and geekishness of those nerds was infectious.
If this bloody robot does find evidence of extinct life in this dry Martian lake bed, it will literally be one of the greatest and most profound discoveries in human history.