I've always heard life on earth is a 1 in a trillion chance etc.. cause lots of things had to happen etc... And the universe is soo big, and now we discover pretty close planets are not that different from earth, or at least less than we would have thought.. So what about the odds now ? If on the minuscule number of planet we can actually analyze, there are already a good amount of them with some kind of water.
Over the last 15 years we've discovered that water is really abundant in our solar system. It;s undoubtedly a really good thing for our future exploration prospects.
People in Finland manage
Call me when they find blue skies on a real planet and not some wanna be.
Nothing worse than poser planets.
I would have said the opposite. Robots exploring relentlessly boring balls of ice and mud, and ageing rocket tech carrying cargo to low earth orbit and no further is not remotely exciting. We need MANNED space exploration. This is the exciting and inspirational aspect of it. The current policies of NASA et al towards manned space exploration are a joke.
"lol imagine if someone edited this image and turns the sunset bl-"I think you mean
Just an amazingly beautiful photo.
What are the current policies of NASA et al towards manned space exploration?I would have said the opposite. Robots exploring relentlessly boring balls of ice and mud, and ageing rocket tech carrying cargo to low earth orbit and no further is not remotely exciting. We need MANNED space exploration. This is the exciting and inspirational aspect of it. The current policies of NASA et al towards manned space exploration are a joke.
and we casted Pluto aside
Well Pluto showed us
We could totally adopt this as a second moon if we strap a few rockets to it to push it back. #adoptpluto
We could totally adopt this as a second moon if we strap a few rockets to it to push it back. #adoptpluto
We could totally adopt this as a second moon if we strap a few rockets to it to push it back. #adoptpluto
Either that or Europa.
Our moon sucks. Ain't shit there.
Pluto is far too cold to be habitable though
It really does. Sorry Moon, but man are you dull.
Shut your mouth. Moon is cool. Plus, those tides it makes.
There's a planned manned mission to Mars, as well as a manned mission to an Asteroid(NASA plans. Several other countries and some private businesses also have manned space plans and aspirations.) The issue isn't whether we're going to do manned missions, it's the ratio between manned and unmanned missions. I think an 80/20 split between unmanned and manned makes pretty good sense. We get more science bang for the buck from unmanned missions, but more attention and publicity from manned missions. And both are important to keep people interested in space, so we can keep paying for the science.What are the current policies of NASA et al towards manned space exploration?
I agree. I think the person I replied to doesn't realize that there being few manned missions (Aside from the whole ISS) is not a case of any "policies" against such things. But more a case of cost, danger, technology, direction from the government etc. Robotic missions are far less expensive and far less risky.There's a planned manned mission to Mars, as well as a manned mission to an Asteroid(NASA plans. Several other countries and some private businesses also have manned space plans and aspirations.) The issue isn't whether we're going to do manned missions, it's the ratio between manned and unmanned missions. I think an 80/20 split between unmanned and manned makes pretty good sense. We get more science bang for the buck from unmanned missions, but more attention and publicity from manned missions. And both are important to keep people interested in space, so we can keep paying for the science.