i didn't see this thread till now cuz i rarely venture into FYM.
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mars and anything related to space and astronomy too!
i've been following the mission pretty closely, and even catching some of the nasa daily updates on cnn or c-span.
i got to meet one of the propulsion scientists for this mission back in the summer he came to our local astronomy club meeting and was a guest speaker. i'm a member of one of the astronomy clubs here in dallas. (i even volunteer at the local planetarium and run the star projector
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when i grow up i want to work for nasa
my absolute dream job would be to be an artist for nasa.
i'm only slightly jealous that just last year i found out that one of my cousins and her husband both work for nasa's jet propulsion laboratory (JPL). but they don't have anything to do with the mars missions.
Bunbury said:
When is this country going to get serious about space travel??
AMEN!
BonoVoxSupastar said:
There's many things here on earth we need to figure out.
should we spend this much money on space exploration? absolutely! don't even get me started there, lol.
do you know how many things here on earth that have been improved because of nasa and space exploration? everything from things we use in daily life and take for granted, to medical advances that save lives. i found this list a while ago when I was debating this very conversation with a friend. it?s too long to copy and paste everything, so here?s the link?
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html