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getagrip_already

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4. you are posting this using a device that was enhanced by scientists doing just this

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 19, 2021, 10:32 AM

Apr 2021

type of research and exploration. The internet itself was developed along the same lines.

kettle, meet pot. Even the vaccines we all want were created using research based on "wasteful" projects.

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight [View all] krispos42 Apr 2021 OP

rah. isnt science great or what?? AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #1

Not only that bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #2

Certainly helped me to see a glimmer of hope in our human condition. n/t yowzayowzayowza Apr 2021 #3

you are posting this using a device that was enhanced by scientists doing just this getagrip_already Apr 2021 #4

This edhopper Apr 2021 #14

To nurture a flicker of hope that we will get off this planet alive Marthe48 Apr 2021 #5

Even if Mars is terraformed, politruk Apr 2021 #8

Will humans keep trashing one planet after another? Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #10

Plus, you can bet only the elite will be allowed in peppertree Apr 2021 #13

There is no doubt about this. The elite are paying for their escape pods as we speak. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #15

Egomania on parade peppertree Apr 2021 #16

They see us as stupid losers. They can trash the planet and leave. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #18

It's proof-of-concept. politruk Apr 2021 #7

An oprion for what? bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #11

In space, there are a lot of (potential) economic resources politruk Apr 2021 #19

Every human is born a scientist. hunter Apr 2021 #17

All right! politruk Apr 2021 #6

Well I'm not impressed at all...... KS Toronado Apr 2021 #9

Specifically, NASA needs to track down Marvin the Martian politruk Apr 2021 #20

It's a start, 120 years from flying a few seconds at Kittyhawk to flying on Mars, 100M miles away Shanti Shanti Shanti Apr 2021 #12

Considering how thin is the air on Mars -- politruk Apr 2021 #21

I hear there is a small piece of the Wright Bros. 1st plane on board. Tommymac Apr 2021 #22