[Technology] NASA Perseverance Mars Landing!

[KeegansHairPiece]

I never suggested stopping space exploration - I'm fully behind it.

But if we want to safeguard our species' survival (and hopefully all the other species on this planet), I think there needs to be an agreed definition of "survival" . Most of what I hear is science fiction nonsense.

Long term survival of the species surely involves not all being on one rock?

 

[Fungus]

Long term survival of the species surely involves not all being on one rock?

Yes, but only if we also look after the short term!

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I am in no doubt whatsoever that Mars is flat and nobody can convince me otherwise.

 

[dangull]

At some point in the future Mars will become more habitable than the Earth when the sun ages and gets bigger and hotter.
If humans are still around then, its the first point in colonising other planets.

 

[Jahooli]

Yes so lets spend all these brains and money on helping it rather than muppeting around in some cold desert

I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive but I agree we need to devote more resources to preserve our beautiful planet.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

At some point in the future Mars will become more habitable than the Earth when the sun ages and gets bigger and hotter.
If humans are still around then, its the first point in colonising other planets.

At some point!
Can you put a timescale on this please as I have some plans for a new kitchen and bathroom.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Yes, but only if we also look after the short term!

Completely agree, they go hand in hand. No point securing the short/mid term of life on the planet when an extinction even in the future could wipe out life as we know it. And likewise no point colonising other rocks if we mess life up here.

 

[A mex eyecan]

I am in no doubt whatsoever that Mars is flat and nobody can convince me otherwise.

i agree, i mean if it’s round why hasn’t anyone driven right around it’s circumference and got back to where they started. Flat it is, with dragons at the edges

 

[Fungus]

At some point in the future Mars will become more habitable than the Earth when the sun ages and gets bigger and hotter.
If humans are still around then, its the first point in colonising other planets.

By that time, we'll probably already be extinct on Earth and already colonizing planets in other star systems. We certainly won't just be starting to colonize Mars.

 

[dangull]

By that time, we'll probably already be extinct on Earth and already colonizing planets in other star systems. We certainly won't just be starting to colonize Mars.

There is a big distance between planets in different solar systems. In fact you would have to travel at the speed of light to get their anytime soon. Maybe not possible for any generations to follow us.

 

[Fungus]

There is a big distance between planets in different solar systems. In fact its you would have to travel at the speed of light to get their anytime soon. Maybe not possible for any generations to follow us.

Well, yes, I think we all know "space is big". Obviously for that to happen, we will have to invent warp drive.

 

[dangull]

Well, yes, I think we all know "space is big". Obviously for that to happen, we will have to invent warp drive.

If you can give me any ideas on how we will deliver warp drive in the future I am all ears

 

[Fungus]

If you can give me any ideas on how we will deliver warp drive in the future I am all ears

You sound like a Ferengi, you tell me!

 

[Phil B]

You sound like a Ferengi, you tell me!

Only 3 trillion bars of Latinum ......

 

[Taybha]

Universe would be better off without us spreading out and destroying it .

Waste of bloody money which could be spent on much more important things like a 20 goals a season striker.

 

[Mr H]

If you can give me any ideas on how we will deliver warp drive in the future I am all ears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygE01sOhzz0

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

There is a big distance between planets in different solar systems. In fact you would have to travel at the speed of light to get their anytime soon. Maybe not possible for any generations to follow us.

Yes,but what if we could travel at the speed of dark?
We could reach anywhere in the universe in an instant.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

If you can give me any ideas on how we will deliver warp drive in the future I am all ears

We could develop a warp drive now but it's pointless because we don't have anything that can fuel it yet.

 

[ChickenBaltiPie]

https://twitter.com/nasapersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=21

Tango Delta

 

[Hugo Rune]

https://twitter.com/nasapersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=21

Tango Delta

Astonishing.