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"I would compare keeping primates alive in spacecraft to trying to build a jet engine out of raisins. Both are colossal engineering problems, possibly the hardest ever attempted, but it does not follow that they are problems worth solving."

Funny because it's true!

https://idlewords.com/2023/1/why_not_mars.htm

#space #Mars #astronomy #astrobiology #biology #robot #contamination

#space #mars #astronomy #Astrobiology #biology #robot #contamination

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monkeytime · @tmorman

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"One path forward would be to go explore the hell out of space with robots. Simply redirecting the $11.6 billion budget for human space flight would be enough to go from launching one major project per decade to multiple planetary probes and telescopes a year."

Hilarious & sharply argued dissection of NASA/Musk's absurdly wasteful focus on the pie-in-the-sky dream of sending primates to live on Mars. https://idlewords.com/2023/1/why_not_mars.htm#fn12

#space #Mars #astronomy #astrobiology #biology #robot #contamination

#space #mars #astronomy #Astrobiology #biology #robot #contamination

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Paige2 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈🔭📖🌹🌌 · @Paigethemiddleagedtransgirl2

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YouTube - Why we might be alone in the Universe

#astronomy #astrobiology #philosophy https://youtu.be/PqEmYU8Y_rI

#astronomy #Astrobiology #philosophy

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Alexander Rogge · @alexanderrogge

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Universe Today - Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes

Evan Gough - Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes:

https://www.universetoday.com/158066/webb-sees-organic-molecules-in-the-hearts-of-galaxies-surprisingly-close-to-active-supermassive-black-holes/

#JamesWebb #JWST #Telescope #OrganicMolecules #Organics #PolycyclicAromaticHydrocarbons #Hydrocarbons #PAH #GalaxyEvolution #SeyfertGalaxies #Galaxies #BlackHoles #Astrobiology #Astronomy

#astronomy #Astrobiology #blackholes #galaxies #SeyfertGalaxies #GalaxyEvolution #PAH #Hydrocarbons #PolycyclicAromaticHydrocarbons #organics #OrganicMolecules #telescope #JWST #JamesWebb

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews

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WIRED - NASA's Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on Mars

https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-perseverance-rover-digs-up-organic-molecules-on-mars/

#extraterrestriallife #planetaryscience #CuriosityRover #Science/Space #Astrobiology #Spacecraft #marsrover #HardRock #Science #space #NASA #Mars

#extraterrestriallife #planetaryscience #curiosityrover #science #Astrobiology #spacecraft #marsrover #hardrock #space #nasa #mars

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews

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WIRED - The Legendary Frank Drake Shaped the Search for Alien Life

The Legendary Frank Drake Shaped the Search for Alien Life

https://www.wired.com/story/the-legendary-frank-drake-shaped-the-search-for-alien-life/

#extraterrestriallife #ScanningforSignal #radiotelescopes #Science/Space #Astrobiology #Science #aliens #SETI

#extraterrestriallife #ScanningforSignal #radiotelescopes #science #Astrobiology #aliens #SETI

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews

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WIRED - If Humans Went Extinct, Would a Similar Species Evolve?

If Humans Went Extinct, Would a Similar Species Evolve?

https://www.wired.com/story/longtermism-technology-evolution/

#WiredOpinion #Astrobiology #EarthScience #BookExcerpt #philosophy #nuclearwar #Evolution #Biology #science #ethics #aliens #Ideas

#WiredOpinion #Astrobiology #EarthScience #BookExcerpt #philosophy #nuclearwar #Evolution #biology #science #ethics #aliens #ideas

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Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews

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WIRED - Why the Search for Life on Mars Is Happening in Canada’s Arctic

Why the Search for Life on Mars Is Happening in Canada’s Arctic

https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-search-for-life-on-mars-is-happening-in-canadas-arctic/

#planetaryscience #Science/Space #extremophiles #Astrobiology #EarthScience #wateronMars #LifeHack #Science #arctic #space #Mars

#planetaryscience #science #extremophiles #Astrobiology #EarthScience #wateronMars #lifehack #arctic #space #mars

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Alexander Rogge · @alexanderrogge

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Paul Scott Anderson - Asteroid Ryugu harbors life’s building blocks:

#Asteroid #Ryugu #Hayabusa2 #OrganicCompounds #Prebiotic #AminoAcids #BoundWater #LifeOnEarth #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #Astronomy

https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-ryugu-organic-compounds-amino-acids-hayabusa-2/

#astronomy #Astrobiology #PlanetaryScience #LifeOnEarth #BoundWater #aminoacids #prebiotic #OrganicCompounds #hayabusa2 #Ryugu #asteroid

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Alexander Rogge · @alexanderrogge

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SETI Institute - Earth’s Oxygen Rise Helps Search for Life:

https://www.seti.org/earths-oxygen-rise-helps-search-life

#Oxygen #Exoplanet #Atmosphere #Geology #Iron #Rocks #Ironstones #LifeOnMars #Mars #EarthScience #MarineLife #JWST #SETI #Astrobiology #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy

#astronomy #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #seti #JWST #marinelife #EarthScience #mars #LifeOnMars #Ironstones #Rocks #iron #geology #atmosphere #exoplanet #oxygen

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Alexander Rogge · @alexanderrogge

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Universe Today - Titan's Atmosphere Recreated in an Earth Laboratory - Universe Today

Matt Williams - Titan’s #Atmosphere Recreated in an Earth Laboratory (Imaging #Titan's #OrganicHaze at Atomic Scale, by Fabian Schulz, Julien Maillard, Katharina Kaiser, et al.):

https://www.universetoday.com/150181/titans-atmosphere-recreated-in-an-earth-laboratory/

#AtmosphericPhysics #Astrobiology #OrganicMolecules #Methane #Nitrogen #IBM

#ibm #Nitrogen #methane #OrganicMolecules #Astrobiology #AtmosphericPhysics #OrganicHaze #titan #atmosphere