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:up: And yet all those folks are committed to James T. Kirk-san's motto: "Risk is our business!"I really feel for the teams that put these missions together, it must take years of work, thousands of person-hours, and exquisite engineering. So when a mission fails - which happens a lot - I can only imagine how heart-breaking it would be for those teams. — Wayfarer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErkeFA-QWk
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22.8kI guess. If they're stoic or zen about it, they can move on OK but I still think it would be a bitter blow. (Fantastic Shatner clip, that dude really lived the dream.) -
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22.8k:party: Good news for them! Although I seem to recall another article that one of its ancillary bots had photographed it, and it was lying on its side, so it's not totally out of the woods (not that there's any woods :yikes: ). Still, good news for the team.
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15.4kDe profundis ad astra ...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/astronomy-telescope-chile-vera-c-rubin-observatory :clap: :nerd: -
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3.7kre: Voyager-1
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68881369 — 180 Proof
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15.4kYou think the points mentioned in thie wiki article below are just pie-in-the-sky fantasies? My guess is we're only limited by current technology since "current science" (i.e. extant physical laws) does not prohibit "interstellar travel", just 'AFAL/FTL acceleration' through spacetime.
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22.8kIt'll all be drones and robotic equipment to start off with. Like Breakthrough StarShot
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