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In the pilot of Futurama, Fry starts out complaining that he hates his life as a delivery boy but at the end when he’s landed in the future as a delivery boy on a spaceship, he’s all “yay!” about it. That’s kinda how I feel about photos of rocks from other planets.
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Titan (Huygens, 2005), Venus (Venera 9, 1975).... it’s rocks, rocks, everywhere
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On the one hand it’s just rocks On the other hand it’s rocks... on other worlds! It’s kinda oddly satisfying to learn that other worlds are made of the same stuff The differences are intellectually fascinating but the similarities are emotionally satisfying
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Mercury is actually the hardest place to get to... needs high velocities and hard braking (all rocket like the moon since there’s no atmosphere for parachutes) Venus is the most toxic place to operate. Kinda amazing how far the Soviets got with Venera missions.
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I doubt Mars is worth settling as is, but I for one am all for extreme terraforming experiments all the way to nukes and crashing asteroids. I’m betting 99% there won’t be even bacterial life for Perseverance to find, so it’s basically a spare blank planet for us to reformat.
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I kinda don’t get people who don’t want to go places simply because you can. They exist on earth too. Lots of Americans who can afford international travel have so little interest they don’t even bother getting passports.
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