Recommended viewing
1 posted on
12/10/2022 6:47:47 PM PST by
P.O.E.
To: P.O.E.
To: P.O.E.
I’m a space nut. I’ll watch it.
3 posted on
12/10/2022 6:55:11 PM PST by
Rio
To: P.O.E.
Watching it right now. Looks like transhumanist propaganda meant to soften us up for the singularity.
Attributing human intelligence and emotions to nonhuman entities is called anthropomorphism.
5 posted on
12/10/2022 7:00:20 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
To: P.O.E.
The two active Mars rovers are Curiosity and Perseverance. They are powered by radioisotope power system that generates electricity from the heat of plutonium’s radioactive decay. The previous rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were solar powered. Mars has dust devil, small tornado-like funnels that actually cleared the solar panels, at times. The fact that Opportunity lasted so long is a tribute to everyone involved.
Curiosity has been there ten years, and is actually in the area it was originally intended to explore, mountains. Perseverance brought the amazing Ingenuity helicopter. We weren’t sure it would work at all. Like Opportunity, it has exceeded all expectations, and is still flying after a year. Amazing.
To: P.O.E.
I also watched it with my son tonight. It was very well done and he enjoyed it
To: P.O.E.
"Good Night, Oppy"
Oh dear. The phrase yanks on my heart. I had a cousin called "Oppy" with whom I was vary found, but she is now departed. Her name was really "Betty." She had had a Chinese nursemaid in the Philippines that called her "Ah-Bei," and the name stuck in the family for the rest of her life.
16 posted on
12/10/2022 7:54:05 PM PST by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: P.O.E.
"Good Night, Oppy"
Oh dear. The phrase yanks on my heart. I had a cousin called "Oppy" with whom I was vary found, but she is now departed. Her name was really "Betty." She had had a Chinese nursemaid in the Philippines that called her "Ah-Bei," and the name stuck in the family for the rest of her life.
18 posted on
12/10/2022 7:55:28 PM PST by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: P.O.E.
I watched this too and really liked it. I wish they showed more documentaries in theaters.
To: P.O.E.
“Good Night, Oppy”
I thought at first this was connected to the thread about the Andy Griffith Christmas Episode and you had misspelled “Opie.”
Then I thought it was “Oppy” for Robert Oppenheimer.
After that I gave up and red the thread. Thanks!
22 posted on
12/10/2022 8:47:42 PM PST by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: P.O.E.
25 posted on
12/11/2022 5:11:48 AM PST by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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