NASA isn't even trying to get people to Mars anymore

[Mythe_Seraph]

Fuck that clown. A private company will be the first entity to put an astronaut on Mars. Don't try and take credit for SpaceX's efforts, not when the government spent its time and our money funneling billions in to a boondoggle that still hasn't got a firm launch date for its first flight.

It’s also a private American company.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1312038355434196992

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statu...97421997326336

[archibaldcrane]

That's fucking awesome

[Cail]

So fucking cool

[Outlaw]

3 more ancient underground lakes of liquid water discovered on Mars, raising possibility of life

Two years ago, astronomers reported findings of a large lake beneath a thick layer of ice at Mars' south pole. Now, scientists have confirmed that finding and detected three new underground lakes in the same area — and they believe there could be many more.

A new study, published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy, further confirms the 2018 discovery, extending that finding to three new ponds in the surrounding region. Researchers used radar data from the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, studying a data set of 134 observations between 2012-2019.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/astrono...scovered-life/

I would like to read the study here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1200-6

but I don't really want to pay for it sinse it probably is just more, "might be's".

[BerenTebogo]

https://sci-hub.do/downloads/2020-10.../lauro2020.pdf

Here you go

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/OverdrawXYZ/stat...66431684030464

[Lucavi]

Fucking fascinating!

[Koyangi]

Looks like Interstellar got it right.

[TsingTao]

NASA gonna scoop some asteroid dirt next week, will be broadcasting the event.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...ion-activities

Actual descent and scooping scheduled to start at 5pm EST.

[Day]

better leave that space dirt alone, this is how some movies start

[TsingTao]

Scooping up tiny aliens that use our own probe to come invade earth would be SUPER 2020, wouldn't it?

[Day]

man it really would

[synistar]

inb4 protomolecule

[Krandor]

inb4 protomolecule

I mean it eventually worked out okish with humanity getting access to the ring network.

[synistar]

Be nice if we had Epstein drives. Don't think the Mormon church is large enough to build a generation ship. A century too early methinks

[Outlaw]

NASA retargets next SpaceX Crew Dragon launch to space station for November 14

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-pl...x-crew-dragon/

[Cail]

Elon Musk is barred from NASA grounds for the launch tomorrow night because he got the Covid

[NynJa]

He also tested negative lol

Took 4 cheap rapid tests 2 positive and 2 negative.