OT: NASA Puts Rover on Mars

[Nasty_Magician]

Saw this the past 2 mornings, wasn't sure what it was, glad I looked it up.

See it! Moon and Venus close | EarthSky.org

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Currently I can see Venus and Jupiter when I walk the dogs at 6:15.

 

[forty_three]

The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics

That thing is larger than our Solar System

 

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[puckhead]

ah, the Eurideum P-39 Space Modulator

 

[dare2be]

ah, the Eurideum P-39 Space Modulator

Ah, no wonder his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator didn't work...he had the wrong isotope.

 

[puckhead]

Ah, no wonder his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator didn't work...he had the wrong isotope.

pretty close, going by 30 year old memory

 

[Nasty_Magician]

 

[puckhead]

I was told there would be no math
How do you hit the wgong orbit?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I was told there would be no math
How do you hit the wgong orbit?

Did they accidentally send a 737-MAX into space?

 

[Hang_On_Sloopy08]

What a miserable existence to live on either. F that noise.

 

[batchaps4me]

I was told there would be no math
How do you hit the wgong orbit?

We had a probe crash on Mars(IIRC) because one data point was entered in feet instead of meters.

 

[dare2be]

Elon Musk sabotaged the Boeing trajectory calculations.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

 

[dare2be]

Soooo, a ticket to anywhere outside of Florida would seem like heaven.

Truth in advertising.

Also, nothing says Florida like "cash, drug paraphernalia, and a baby alligator"

 

[esls79]

They did it again about half an hour ago but I’ll refrain from my usual response until my guy in Singapore confirms I got paid out for my futures bet.

 

[thedddd]

 

[RaZon]

How cool would it be if an actual space ship was seen? Maybe a gigantic bat like thng, we need something to sustify the 6 billiion spent. This......oh look a cool rock formation........nay!!! I get that with this little sand thingy I own......cost 25 bucks.

 

[mattola]

Greta does not approve

 

[dash]

Have they rescued Matt Damon yet?