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I needed something for thoughts that are too long for Twitter or Facebook, but don't comprise a full blog post. Fortunately, that's what Tumblr is for.
Obama for America: In which the President calls the NASA'S Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" Rover Team, and calls out Mohawk Guy
THE PRESIDENT: Your hard work is now paying dividends, because our expectation is that “Curiosity” is going to be telling us things that we did not know before and laying the groundwork for an even more audacious undertaking in the future, and that’s a human mission to the Red Planet.
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racist, sexist AND tardy
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For the sake of perspective, I decided to draw this thing to scale. I had to wrap the image a few times, and shrink it a bit, but here you are:
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There we go
The last guy in the row finally mentioned the other half-dozen or so countries involved and thanked them, and then it took a French guy asking a question, but we got an acknowledgement that the “American-made” rover had parts made in Spain.
How I know I’m a Tumblrer
I’m watching the NASA press conference and have all kinds of internal grumbles about all the America is the best/unique/special stuff happening.
Can’t we just be proud of our achievements as a globe without the nationalistic chest-thumping?
MAAAAARRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
We have another rover on Mars and it’s taking pictures! First picture that came back was a picture of its own wheel. The rover thinks it’s so cool.
BUT GUYS. SCIENCE! FUCK YES NASA! So much science went into this moment, and it all worked. Dammit, I love science!
NASA’s shuttle program is scheduled to get its final sendoff Friday, with the launch of Atlantis. While critics debate the future of NASA, families and fans have driven miles and camped out near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the last space shuttle to take flight. More than 350 people from 16 countries have flown on the shuttles, and now, after four decades, eight presidents, 135 launches, billions of dollars, and two major tragedies, it’s curtains. Here, a look back at the program’s major milestones
