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I'm still pretty blown away by the probe landing on Titan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiO1b0ewy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiO1b0ewy0 - what an ama
by davidw 8y ago
I'm still pretty blown away by the probe landing on Titan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiO1b0ewy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiO1b0ewy0 - what an amazing and wonderful endeavor.
It's so frustrating that we can't dedicate more resources to stuff like this than garbage like "the wall".
- digi_owl 8y agoBecause: A, constituents are not interested. B, the politicians that OK it would be long out of office before the results are in. What you get when you base your politics on marketing and homo economicus...
- julienchastang 8y agoInterestingly, it is a conservative Republican from Texas [1] that is championing the exploration of Europa. I wonder if he could be convinced to go to Enceladus instead. [1] https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/inside-nasas-daring-8-billion-plan-to-finally-find-extraterrestrial-life/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/inside-nasas-daring-...
- mturmon 8y agoYes. The GP comment is somewhat glib. Culbertson is following Europa exploration closely. He passed out a press release on a possible Europa plume recently: https://mobile.twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/994323304453468160?lang=en https://mobile.twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/994323304453...
- digi_owl 8y agoLooking into things it seems the guy represent Huston and surrounding areas... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Culberson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Culberson
- iKSv2 8y agoThis and deliberately crashing Cassini into Saturn are two of my top favorites. Then there is Voyager and the golden records on it.