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pixburgher66
I like your beard.
And the geeks are pumped. Well done guys, I'm sure some of these guys have been working towards this their entire careers, and this mission being successful is awesome.
Favorite tweet MAY be "Hey China, you may have one more medal than us right now...but we're on Mars...AMERICA!"
China will be landing a man on Mars before us unless things change.
Not to delve into politics, but I fail to see the true importance of landing human kind on Mars. This is cool because I'm a geek, but it's expensive cool. The Moon-race was of no true importance beyond it's political leanings. I don't see the same thing with Mars. That said...how epic would that be?
Science!
You have GOT to be kidding me. This is the biggest fucking waste of money I've ever seen. Here's the bullet point summary of Curiosity's mission (remember this; it will be important later):
- Determine Mars's habitability
- Study its climate and exogeology
- Collect data for future human missions
First of all, let's start with the cost. We paid 2.5 billion dollars for this. WE PAID 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS. To get this piece of shit to Mars, we spent about $800 for every person in the country. You know what else costs $800? TWO ROUND TRIP PLANE TICKETS TO MARS.
So instead of flying over there and looking at it themselves, the scientists decided it'd be more efficient to spend about 2500 times what the average American makes and send a probe into space so it could land back on Earth.
As for the city itself, it's okay, I guess, if you are old. My grandparents lived in Mars before they got older and moved to Ohio, like all old people who don't move to Florida do. It's right off the Pennsylvania turnpike. You can get there with a E-ZPass. But fuck that, NASA wants to send a rover there to explore. Remember that shit I talked to you earlier about? The "goals" of this mission? Here are the answers.
- Determine Mars's habitability
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKING MORONS, SO I'D SAY IT'S GOOD TO GO.- Study its climate and exogeology
THE CLIMATE IS WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS IN PITTSBURGH. IF IT IS RAINING IT PITTSBURGH, BETTER GET A FUCKING UMBRELLA.- Collect data for future human missions
THERE'S NO FUCKING POINT GOING THERE NOW, NOT REALLY SURE WHY GOING BACK IS A PRIORITY.
And the politicians wonder why we don't want to give more money to the government.
awesome stuff.. here is the first picture back
Second picture:
Safe voyage, Rover! Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog? You are.