Probably cheaper to just implant a memory instead.
NASA Space Tourism Posters
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#12These are amazing. A huge part of the value of NASA itself is that it inherently represents pride in humanity--our accomplishments, and aspirations. Here, NASA reminds us that there is still room for new aspirations in a culture that currently is hung-up on post-apocalyptic doom-and-gloom futures.
Nothing wrong with dreaming, but reality bites. Physics will tell you that mankind's adventure into space will be limited. Our nearest star is Proxima Centauri, and it would take a ship 17,900 years to get there travelling at 150,000 mph. If Voyager 1 is headed towards it, it will get there in 76,000 years.
Tell me, what's more likely to happen first. Thermonuclear war, or a settlement of 1,000 people anywhere in space?
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#13... except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are PDFs and ridiculously large TIFFs available for you to download and print [1]. Click on one of the images to see the respective download link. Just bring the PDF to a professional print shop and pick a size. At least that's what I'm going to do :) [1] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
> ridiculously large TIFFs These are oddly not available for "51 Pegasi b" and beyond though. Only PDFs for those.
I can get 40MB tiff files if I click on the "Download Printable Version" link at the bottom of the page. If you're still having trouble finding larger sizes, let me know which ones are problematic and I'll see about getting it fixed.
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#15NASA really fell through. How did they go from grand achievements like faking a moon landing to childish-pretend-play-we-have-space-tourism-now posters?
Comparing the result of years of work on the agency's top priority with a few posters someone did as a fun promotional item does not make any sense.
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#16I see you No Man's Sky
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#17I see you No Man's Sky
Oh, and it's Venus, get it, No Man's Sky! Haha, good job JPL
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#18NASA really fell through. How did they go from grand achievements like faking a moon landing to childish-pretend-play-we-have-space-tourism-now posters?
Comparing the result of years of work on the agency's top priority with a few posters someone did as a fun promotional item does not make any sense.
Not to mention he's a troll.
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#19This is bread and circuses for nerds...dopey mindless marketing drivel for public consumption.
It's very easy to fall in love with the ideas behind NASA and space exploration, but NASA itself is corrupt as all hell and is an arm of the military industrial complex and it always amazes me when they get a completely free pass here.
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#20Got an entire empty wall to furnish with these.