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In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame.
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PlaydohPants wrote: »LiftingLady5 wrote: »I don't think I'd want to be in space. Too much pressure.
LOL!! See you're smart
That was funny
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PlaydohPants wrote: »but the costs are as astronomical as the place in the universe
Hehe I like that @Timshel_
I think it's definitely worth it to see what is out there. And even if they don't find anything they at least usually learn something that helps us understand how things work here compared to other planets and such.
The unfortunate world we live won't let us go to that Star Trek scientific society, so funding needs to be split between finding our place in the universe and protecting our place in the world. I fight with the costs because of basic humanity as well - feeding the hungry, educating everyone, etc.
I dunno.
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LiftingLady5 wrote: »LiftingLady5 wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm not really smart enough to comment here but what happened to the thread that this idea started on?
I'm not either. But I like to BELIEVE I am.
Read Cosmos (or watch it) that's the best first step, if you're interested.
I may or may not occasionally watch educational shows in between my "How to be Meaner to People on the Internet" shows...but I am neither going to confirm nor deny it.
I don't know if I like Space because of Star Wars or Star Wars because of Space.
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RunHardBeStrong wrote: »PlaydohPants wrote: »I love that pic @Karb_Kween
I do too. Makes me wish even more I had pursued my dream of becoming an astronaut. I'm a scaredy cat loser.
I still regret not pursuing this dream. I may not have made the program, but I will never know now...0 -
Karb_Kween wrote: »Space scares the *kitten* outta me. A lot of times I can't even look up at the sky
And this
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Picture of Pluto with ice.2 -
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Karb_Kween wrote: »Space scares the *kitten* outta me. A lot of times I can't even look up at the sky
And this
That looks very peaceful
Not for me. Im scared of heights as it is0 -
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Not sure really how into space anyone is, but if you really want to geek out and read cutting edge theories and work, check out:
https://arxiv.org/
You can search for all kinds of AMAZING stuff. I keep up with the life zone planets in Proxima Century with this. The latest was the report on Proxima B atmospheric theories, which ties back into the JWST.4 -
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Not sure really how into space anyone is, but if you really want to geek out and read cutting edge theories and work, check out:
https://arxiv.org/
You can search for all kinds of AMAZING stuff. I keep up with the life zone planets in Proxima Century with this. The latest was the report on Proxima B atmospheric theories, which ties back into the JWST.
Thanks! I will def check it out!0 -
PlaydohPants wrote: »Not sure really how into space anyone is, but if you really want to geek out and read cutting edge theories and work, check out:
https://arxiv.org/
You can search for all kinds of AMAZING stuff. I keep up with the life zone planets in Proxima Century with this. The latest was the report on Proxima B atmospheric theories, which ties back into the JWST.
Thanks for this!!
Be careful. I get to spiraling down the Google Search rabbit hole trying to understand a bunch of the stuff in the papers. As dumb as I feel reading some of it, is dwarfed by how good I feel when I start understanding it.
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PlaydohPants wrote: »I feel the exact same way when I read about new stuff. The Google search rabbit hole may be why this thread has gone quiet
lol. Like I said in the other thread, I posted about all kinds of really geeky science and space stuff, but it always drops off quickly.
Luckily I work with some really smart science folks at the college and they are always willing to get into things and share their knowledge when I get stuck. Love education.
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PlaydohPants wrote: »This is why, according to the International Astronomical Union, Pluto was recategorized....
Basically Pluto doesn't clean up after itself
It was an interesting lash back in the community when the new criterion were presented at the IAU. If you think about it though, the original draft was from sometime in the early 1900's I think, so with the VAST amount of interstellar knowledge we have gain in the century, it made sense to clarify the classification model.
Really, I never understood why it matter what it is classified as.
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PlaydohPants wrote: »Yeah it's really just being more specific. Not saying that we're going to completely disregard Pluto now lol
I do know the one concern is funding for exploration. There are grants that specify planetary bodies only, so that immediately excludes Pluto from getting funding from those sources. Basically the cash cow for Plutonians dried up a bit. That is sure to ruffle feathers.
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This is all just a conspiracy to raise money for better Photoshopping. Everyone knows it's turtles all the way down.1
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