earth as seen from Saturn. (PICS)(neat.jpg)(astronomy)

[gouscfootball]

not neat at all. Oh wow a little blue dot. isnt astronermy so interesting. Please think I'm deep because I pretend the universe is profound. a durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Derr astronermy is stupidddd derrr

Fuking moran get a brain

[ConTroLFreaKK]

Beautiful pic OP, really shows how small and insignificant we humans are fuuark Repped for sharing bro.

[Gothwaite]

youre right lets spend tons of money on space when we don't have out sh*t together on earth.......



That's like a girl spending money on an expensive pair of shoes and then says she cant go to the doctor because she doesn't have insurance/money.



FCKNG STUPID and for the record I love Space, Ive read about 25 books on space fiction/non fiction in the last year. Don't be dumb.

when will we have our **** together on earth? learning more about the universe makes much more sense than focusing on the 0.0000000000000000000001% of completely irrelevant issues that we do.

[brnforce]

....

Come on dude, don't ruin a good thread with huge posts. If you don't care what other's think then just ignore them.

[JanesLastResort]

not even that far/10

would make that distance by foot in 2 days/10

[DeLaSoul88]

What i want to know is why are all the phucking planets round?? Riddle me that Dingus!!

Once an object is big enough, the only shape it can make is a sphere due to its gravity pulling everything in

[brnforce]

Once an object is big enough, the only shape it can make is a sphere due to its gravity pulling everything in

Yup! Then any jagged parts get smashed flat by space rocks over the course of millennia. At least for solid planets anyways. They say that the Earth would be smoother than a pool ball if it was the same size as one.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba.../#.UfGtuRbvzL8
^^ Some light, fun facts.

[Dasser]

Where are the pictures of uranus?

[Supraracr98]

when will we have our **** together on earth? learning more about the universe makes much more sense than focusing on the 0.0000000000000000000001% of completely irrelevant issues that we do.

completely wrong.

It is simple as that. If you want a degree in computer science would you take a bunch of classes on art over IT?

We need to focus on our own stability before we try to figure out a way to be stable somewhere else.

[dryst]

Where are the pictures of uranus?

oh lawd

[drFEEL]

blasting a billion dollars (not sure on actual cost, but you get the idea) literally into space to take a picture of what looks like a star? yeah really meaningful allocation of resources (not srs). If something meaningful actually comes from this (we find pictures of aliens or some ****), great, but until then, don't refer to this as meaningful. Cool, yes. Neat, yes. Meaningful, lolwut.

Edit: $3.26billion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens

its science progressing you dumbass fuk. look at all the meaningless $hit you spend your time and money on. look at how much money is spent on bombs and other bullchit. your dumb as fuk.

[beerbaron105]

completely wrong.

It is simple as that. If you want a degree in computer science would you take a bunch of classes on art over IT?

We need to focus on our own stability before we try to figure out a way to be stable somewhere else.

That won't happen because we are human -- but because we are human, we can use our ingenuity to reach the stars and expand our race. That is our only true method of survival. You need to look past your own immediate life or the immediate problems surrounding you, and think of the bigger picture.

I was very tempted to neg you, but I think you just don't realize the importance of these baby steps in the grand scheme of things. It may seem like a waste to you, but not only do we receive a ton of trickle down technologies from space exploration, but we learn more about ourselves and our own history, as well as work towards our future.

[Supraracr98]

That won't happen because we are human -- but because we are human, we can use our ingenuity to reach the stars and expand our race. That is our only true method of survival. You need to look past your own immediate life or the immediate problems surrounding you, and think of the bigger picture.

I was very tempted to neg you, but I think you just don't realize the importance of these baby steps in the grand scheme of things. It may seem like a waste to you, but not only do we receive a ton of trickle down technologies from space exploration, but we learn more about ourselves and our own history, as well as work towards our future.

I don't think any of you understand the impact of space exploration otherwise I would be negging people as well. If you are looking for meaning you find it within yourself not through uncertainty.

Fix our planet first then go look for others.

[brnforce]

I don't think any of you understand the impact of space exploration otherwise I would be negging people as well. If you are looking for meaning you find it within yourself not through uncertainty.

Fix our planet first then go look for others.

We will never fix our own planet though. What should we do, just give up?

[Joseph1990]

[Changedmalife]

I posted this story yesterday

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...post1107371423

[hockeyd13]

Fix our planet first then go look for others.

Alright. This is simply ignorant.

Space travel and exploration have already provided countless tools and opportunities that have improved human life on this planet. That is an indisputable fact.

Could we have gotten there eventually? It's likely. But space exploration forces us to push beyond conventional boundaries in engineering, communications, medicine, chemistry, materials science, energy production, etc, and develop technologies at an accelerated rate out of necessity not seen on this earth.

[seembrah]

I motion that every time someone uses (pics)(neat.jpg) that they give seemsbrah a royalty of 1 rep... that is all

hehe ty men

[SipNPiz]

i rather have the gov spend $4B on cool space projects than other stupid **** they spend money on /watevs

[Supraracr98]

We will never fix our own planet though. What should we do, just give up?

if we cant fix our planet why the fck do we deserve to colonize something we haven't known?......wtf

If I don't pay my mortgage do I deserve to go buy another home that has a slightly nicer bathroom with the same mortgage payment? of course not!

Alright. This is simply ignorant.

ohrly? lol

Space travel and exploration have already provided countless tools and opportunities that have improved human life on this planet. That is an indisputable fact.

I will agree with this to a certain point and below is where it ends

Could we have gotten there eventually? It's likely. But space exploration forces us to push beyond conventional boundaries in engineering, communications, medicine, chemistry, materials science, energy production, etc, and develop technologies at an accelerated rate out of necessity not seen on this earth.

Honestly at this point I can see where this conversation is going....

So ask yourself this,

A NASA engineer stands outside of a Grocery Store alongside a Salvation Army/Childrens Fund/Cancer Fund representative asking for donations and you have a 5 dollar bill left in your wallet.

Who do you give it to?





A lot of you idiots seem to find providence and a misplaced sense of understanding as to the benefits of space exploration.






btw, for the people who would give the 5 dollar bill to NASA, you are the exact reason why we cannot focus on space exploration yet....and I hope you get hit by a car. :-)

[sourcecode123]

ohrly? lol



I will agree with this to a certain point and below is where it ends



Honestly at this point I can see where this conversation is going....

So ask yourself this,

A NASA engineer stands outside of a Grocery Store alongside a Salvation Army/Childrens Fund/Cancer Fund representative asking for donations and you have a 5 dollar bill left in your wallet.

Who do you give it to?





A lot of you idiots seem to find providence and a misplaced sense of understanding as to the benefits of space exploration.






btw, for the people who would give the 5 dollar bill to NASA, you are the exact reason why we cannot focus on space exploration yet....and I hope you get hit by a car. :-)

troll confirmed, no way someone actually thinks this way

[Supraracr98]

troll confirmed, no way someone actually thinks this way

why because you say so?

lol

acknowledge one thing I said as "against the grain"

otherwise teen misc----->>>

btw, youre just mad you negged me and I literally don't give a fck. Im still gonna tell you that youre a c*cksucker hhahaha

[hockeyd13]

A NASA engineer stands outside of a Grocery Store alongside a Salvation Army/Childrens Fund/Cancer Fund representative asking for donations and you have a 5 dollar bill left in your wallet.

Who do you give it to?





A lot of you idiots seem to find providence and a misplaced sense of understanding as to the benefits of space exploration.






btw, for the people who would give the 5 dollar bill to NASA, you are the exact reason why we cannot focus on space exploration yet....and I hope you get hit by a car. :-)

Jesus F. ****ing Christ.

Solid logical fallacy there. Gambler's fallacy or inflation of conflict (not limited to plenty of others).

You know what, the true NASA scientist donates that $5 to charity knowing that an upright and just government, not hellbent on the war machine ((Navy officer brah checking in (on all of the massively over-bloated defense contracts)), would still be willing to invest in a future not constrained by the petty back-and-forth of this tiny little world.

We could all die in a fiery collision with an asteroid in 10 minutes from now. But our space exploration seeks to prevent even the most cataclysmic of possibilities.

Oh wait... world conflict, we can't do that.

Ignorant ****.

[hockeyd13]

why because you say so?

lol

acknowledge one thing I said as "against the grain"

otherwise teen misc----->>>

btw, youre just mad you negged me and I literally don't give a fck. Im still gonna tell you that youre a c*cksucker hhahaha

Seriously? With that singular statement you discount all of the technological advances involved in exploring space.

Negged on recharge. Yeah it doesn't matter on some grand scheme. But it tells others that I'm willing to say **** you in some sense of the phrase as it relates to: 1) science in general and 2) the proliferation of the human species.

Go get a law degree and become some useless politician and fuk over all of your peers, and stop wasting the time of true visionaries.

[Glarch]

blasting a billion dollars (not sure on actual cost, but you get the idea) literally into space to take a picture of what looks like a star? yeah really meaningful allocation of resources (not srs). If something meaningful actually comes from this (we find pictures of aliens or some ****), great, but until then, don't refer to this as meaningful. Cool, yes. Neat, yes. Meaningful, lolwut.

Edit: $3.26billion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens

Not sure if srs. Imagine how fuking awesome it will be when deep space exploration becomes affordable, and we've colonised other planets.

[hzx]

Surely these pics are fake and just created by NASA to male it look like they're doing something. How is anyone else not seeing this

[MattySinz]

Lol at all the simpletons arguing about humans being apt enough to explore space. Technological singularity we will become irrelevant in the grand scheme of things before space exploration really takes off. Cyborgs/ai etc u mad?

[Triforcefff]

Tfw you never be big enough to be visible from saturn. Why am I so small?

[hockeyd13]

Surely these pics are fake and just created by NASA to male it look like they're doing something. How is anyone else not seeing this

Dear god... go back to Aussie-land and enjoy your unbridled continent. The grown-ups are talking.

[hzx]

Dear god... go back to Aussie-land and enjoy your unbridled continent. The grown-ups are talking.

So does e everything look computer rendered out of the atmosphere or am I missing something