6 years to get there, it will be a hard wait.
I'm very excited for this one, it's a shame we don't have more missions like this.
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Hopefully that changes fast om the next 6 years...
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I love it when real, groundbreaking space-science gets on its way without a hitch.
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The artists' conception of Europa looks like it was copied from a cross section diagram of skin, complete with acne getting ready to erupt.
In a period of such extraordinary political bullshit and bad faith garbage, itβs really nice to see that NASA is puttering along just fine.
Hilarious π take on the cross section
6 years from now:
We've found life on Europa!
-holy shit! Like little green men or something?
No. No. Nothing like that.
-plant life? I can't wait until they clone that so I can smoke it!
No. No. Not plants either. You see, it's just covered in zits, giant living zits. That's it. It's the only form of life there.
-gross
I chanced upon the livestream a minute before launch. It didn't get me quite as choked up as Webb, but it was still good to see.
I actually have a colleague who randomly saw the launch from their airplane. They had no idea and had to look it up after landing. I like all the different ways it can pull people in.
I know we don't want to get too Science Fiction-y. I can't help but think about the movie The Europa Report, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
I've never seen it, but will put it on the list.
The peanuts are on me!
(rains legumes upon giddy scientists)