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

[ybbb]

NASA recently released this picture. its taken by Cassini. for the unawares, Cassini is a spacecraft sent to Saturn in 1997 and it went into orbit around Saturn in 2004, after travelling a distance of 1.5 BILLION KM.

this is just beautiful, my new favourite astronomy pic. just imagine, we are on that little spot. humanity has come so far and yet look at what we are upto on earth lulz. if only we directed our resources towards more meaningful endeavours like this.

[MrNippers]

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

[Kebz]

[so far away]

In all the pictures taken from space it looks like they were created on a computer.

still is neat.jpg though

[Googooly]

It's incredible that soooo many *******s are on that tiny tiny dot miscing away talking how incredible our universe is.



























































hehe.

[NickTammerine]

NASA recently released this picture. its taken by Cassini. for the unawares, Cassini is a spacecraft sent to Saturn in 1997 and it went into orbit around Saturn in 2004, after travelling a distance of 1.5 BILLION KM.

this is just beautiful, my new favourite astronomy pic. just imagine, we are on that little spot. humanity has come so far and yet look at what we are upto on earth lulz. if only we directed our resources towards more meaningful endeavours like this.

[img]http://bigbangpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130722_annotated_earth-moon_from_saturn_1920x1080_1.jpg[img]

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

[ybbb]

a couple of pics of Saturn from Cassini. but first, heres a pic to show the size of Saturn relative to earth

[TakeItItsYours]

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

3 billion dollars? fkkkk, could have cured balding with that figure.

[NickTammerine]

3 billion dollars? fkkkk, could have cured balding with that figure.

Exactly.

[ybbb]

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

you'd rather we spend a TRILLION dollars on war in Iraq? oh wait, we already did that. these pictures and spacecraft, this is how space exploration progresses. we cannot go straight to interplanetary travel can we?

[ACI]

In all the pictures taken from space it looks like they were created on a computer.

still is neat.jpg though

Usually the photos from space are black and white, and altered to add colour on a computer. Hence why they always look that way.

[ybbb]

3 billion dollars? fkkkk, could have cured balding with that figure.

Exactly.

hahaha. im just saying we waste so much money, why not spend a little on this?

[NickTammerine]

you'd rather we spend a TRILLION dollars on war in Iraq? oh wait, we already did that. these pictures and spacecraft, this is how space exploration progresses. we cannot go straight to interplanetary travel can we?

I put in bold the part of your quote I disagree with and refuted. Please do the same for me. Waaaaaaait a minute, you can't connect my text and your rebuttal because I never once said I'd rather we spend a trillion dollars on a war in Iraq.


Cannot give you a definite answer, as I am in finance not science, but if I had to guess I would say no, we probably cannot go straight to interplanetary travel.

Edit: changed response as I was kind of a dick to you for no reason

[Mesah]

NASA recently released this picture. its taken by Cassini. for the unawares, Cassini is a spacecraft sent to Saturn in 1997 and it went into orbit around Saturn in 2004, after travelling a distance of 1.5 BILLION KM.

this is just beautiful, my new favourite astronomy pic. just imagine, we are on that little spot. humanity has come so far and yet look at what we are upto on earth lulz. if only we directed our resources towards more meaningful endeavours like this.

LOOK AT THE FUGGN PIC FERGERTS. LOOK AT IT.

Now think about it: at this little blue point are talibans, racism, hate, war and so on.


lmfao. human need to die. srs.




























































ONLY MISC SHOULD STAY ALIVE. SRS.








































and all animals of course. srs

[cavymeister]

hahaha. im just saying we waste so much money, why not spend a little on this?

I didn't see where they said don't waste it on this. They are saying that playing it up like it's solving mankind's problems is a bit over the top.

[nferrier]

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

Because spending $1.5 TRILLION on war and killing fellow humans is more important than exploring the solar system, and eventually the galaxy amirite?

EDIT: fuking wizards, I should read the entire thread next time.

[DanBBz]

I put in bold the part of your quote I disagree with and refuted. Please do the same for me. Waaaaaaait a minute, you can't connect my text and your rebuttal because I never once said I'd rather we spend a trillion dollars on a war in Iraq.


Cannot give you a definite answer, as I am in finance not science, but if I had to guess I would say no, we probably cannot go straight to interplanetary travel.

Edit: changed response as I was kind of a dick to you for no reason

you're trying too hard bro. Op has a point you're just rambling/disagreeing for the sake of it

[ClosetMonster]

[NickTammerine]

Because spending $1.5 TRILLION on war and killing fellow humans is more important than exploring the solar system, and eventually the galaxy amirite?

EDIT: fuking wizards, I should read the entire thread next time.

Why are people insinuating that I think spending $1.5 trillion on the war is a good use of funds?

[torpstar711]

you'd rather we spend a TRILLION dollars on war in Iraq? oh wait, we already did that. these pictures and spacecraft, this is how space exploration progresses. we cannot go straight to interplanetary travel can we?

this

anyone who thinks that space/space travel isn't important should get their thumb out of their ass and watch this video

[basement iron]

Cross pollination of technology you fu8k wits.

We can't spot reduce problems by dumping money on them. The universe doesn't work that way.

Example: One of the best breast cancer detection tools we have today came DIRECTLY from work done on the Hubble Space Telescope.

[NickTammerine]

you're trying too hard bro. Op has a point you're just rambling/disagreeing for the sake of it

Sorry sir, I will stop now.

[FeFocus]

Reminds me of:



Love smoking some green and watching that video.

[monsterBEN]

Why is taking pics of Earth from Saturn really considered a meaningful endeavor?

[ybbb]

I put in bold the part of your quote I disagree with and refuted. Please do the same for me. Waaaaaaait a minute, you can't connect my text and your rebuttal because I never once said I'd rather we spend a trillion dollars on a war in Iraq.


Cannot give you a definite answer, as I am in finance not science, but if I had to guess I would say no, we probably cannot go straight to interplanetary travel.

Edit: changed response as I was kind of a dick to you for no reason

i know you didnt say that, i was just giving an example of the money we waste. but i see where youre coming from.

I didn't see where they said don't waste it on this. They are saying that playing it up like it's solving mankind's problems is a bit over the top.

well yes its not gonna solve our problems, but it is beneficial in many ways. Alot of the things and technologies we take for granted are a direct result of space exploration.

Because spending $1.5 TRILLION on war and killing fellow humans is more important than exploring the solar system, and eventually the galaxy amirite?

EDIT: fuking wizards, I should read the entire thread next time.

lulz

[MrNippers]

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?

Do you have any idea the advances in engineering and the sciences to get a man-made object to the reaches of Saturn AND THEN have it send back a picture to Earth? It wasn't like "well, we did it, we took the picture, now let's forget everything that we've learned and built-upon to get this task done."

You have the mobile phone in your hand thanks largely to the advances made possible by the early space exploration programs.

[Howiester]

Any high res pics of uranus?

[OberstGeiger]

This is

[srsnotsureif]

We get the majority of our tech from space missions and space exploration.


Im sure cellphones, laptops and all the other nice things we have are a waste too.

[SillyHilly]

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

Lol brah, it's doing a lot more than 'taking photos of something which looks like a star'. Read the Wiki you posted yourself in more detail.