Microorganisms that may not need oxygen to breathe when they're in Venus emits phosphine, scientists believe. However, researchers say in a recent report that it was not phosphine that was found, but the 'usual' sulfur dioxide.
The group discovered that the original observation originated not from the hellish planet's cloud layer. But experts blamed the misunderstanding on a radio telescope's miscalibration in the planet's upper atmosphere, where compounds can be lost within seconds.
oops!
Noooo, I was so happy about that finding! Damn you, Necrometer...
great essay with too many anti-humans-on-Mars quotes to pull
I feel like it's even pulling punches, since it doesn't talk about how many people would die en route to Mars, or soon after arrival
Re: humans should never be in space
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:55 am
by featherboa
If the head of NOAA Ocean Exploration (budget: $25 million) or the U.S. Antarctic Program ($350 million) held a press conference announcing a plan to fulfill human destiny, they’d be carrying their belongings home in a cardboard box before sundown. But our space agency is held to a lower standard.
billionaires who made their fortune automating labor on Earth agree that Mars must be artisanally explored by hand.
Re: humans should never be in space
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:32 am
by FVBTVS
yeah really good!
Re: humans should never be in space
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:37 am
by Eight Bit Alien
featherboa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:55 am
billionaires who made their fortune automating labor on Earth agree that Mars must be artisanally explored by hand.
Damn dude wow im stealing this
Still generally pro space exploration but this is just a funny observation
Re: humans should never be in space
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:12 pm
by featherboa
Isn't the ceo of space-ex* also the ceo of a car company that claims it has Full Self Drive?
*divorce
i roasted you elon
what are you going to do try to buy the board?
Re: humans should never be in space
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:56 pm
by cxwx
featherboa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:12 pm
i roasted you elon
what are you going to do try to buy the board?
He’s a man petty enough that he “mis remembered” the details of his owns sons death to make himself look more sympathetic online so yes
