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- Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune... (2016 Mar 29)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3068
Re: APOD: NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune... (2016 Mar 29)
The nearest Big Mac and frys is a long way off.
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune... (2016 Mar 29)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3068
Re: APOD: NASA's Curiosity Rover at Namib Dune... (2016 Mar 29)
This picture perfectly demonstrates why it would be ridiculous to send a man to Mars.
- Sat Aug 08, 2015 9:12 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity's View (2015 Aug 08)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3921
Re: APOD: Curiosity's View (2015 Aug 08)
Why go to the expense of sending an astronaut to Mars? You can get the pretty much the same scenery by visiting Nevada.
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:33 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The First Rocket Launch from Cape... (2015 Jul 19)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2790
Re: APOD: The First Rocket Launch from Cape... (2015 Jul 19)
Those photographers surely were close to the launch!
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fly Over Pluto (2015 Jul 18)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6851
Re: APOD: Fly Over Pluto (2015 Jul 18)
I'm all for paying astronomer's and engineer's salaries, but I'd rather pay biotech scientists to develop cures for dread diseases. If anyone from NASA knows someone on the Pluto team I'd appreciate it if that person could tell us in this forum what 'loads of new technology' were developed by the pr...
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fly Over Pluto (2015 Jul 18)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6851
Re: APOD: Fly Over Pluto (2015 Jul 18)
A tour de force that we have come to expect from NASA! But is it worth $750M? For that amount a hospital could be funded for an entire year. For instance, it costs St Jude Children's Hospital about $2M per day to provide free care. Is NASA even relevant to the needs of the USA anymore?