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That’s very cool. If you’ve been feeling disappointed with your fellow humans lately for whatever reason this kind of thing can cheer you up.
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And this fixes global economic problems, world hunger and rampant disease how?
Oh, that’s right…something something we need to find more fossil fuels.
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We used to be able to do stuff like this, until certain idiots started asking stupid questions like when we’d find “god” with our science projects.
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Stuff like this gives us a reason to live.
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I can’t wait for the aliens to finally show up and find the planet deserted.
Martian anthropology textbook:
“Humanity, dissatisfied with the rate at which they were poisoning their atmosphere and causing catastrophic climate change by exploiting the rapidly dwindling supply of fossil fuels found on Earth, quickly invented ways to exploit natural resources and fossil fuels found on other heavenly bodies, extracting them and bringing them to Earth to hasten their own extinction.”
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Elaborate please. I’m pretty sure all it accomplishes is giving action movie writers and video game developers new ideas.
Aw, come on, Sniffit, science geeks have found joy, and that’s dearly precious. And who knows–this expensive joy ride might deliver some sciency knowledge n stuff.
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In essence, this is true:
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Don’t worry. Nobody landed shit. It’s just a hoax to funnel money into some conpiracy-y stuff.
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So very cool!!!
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Come on, twice around the Earth, once around Mars, 10 years and 4 billion miles later…nothing but net. That’s an impressive shot.
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You asked for this…
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Sound lot in Burbank.
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The purpose is to better understand comets. The better we understand them, the more we know about their origins and their behavior, the better chance we have of averting the possibility of a catastrophic collision of one with the planet we call home.
Is that reason enough for you?
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Woohoo! the European Educational System gets a big gold star on its chart. Way to go you educational elites. Keep on studying!
Numerous nerd boners all around the world today!
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Nope.
Chance of 15 million+ children in Amurika going hungry next year: 100%
Chance of Earth getting hit by a comet/asteroid next year: near zero.
For a bunch of inefficient, bureaucracy-driven, tax-and-spend socialists, they’re doing pretty well on the science front.
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Comets are god’s tears because Democrats keep killing behbehs. Didn’t you know?
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“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt”
From Interstellar
Kinda describes this GOPfucked nation to a T.
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