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New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule

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Re: New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule

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Post by FlyMoreRockets »

RA_Fisher wrote: post #8

Seems like a good time to reflect on the work: "Whitey on the Moon" https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 It'd be one thing if this was private money, instead it comes out of the pocketbooks of those suffering. That's rarely acknowledged.

There need to be more black engineers at NASA. There have been great successes, but there is room for improvement.

"Two NASA employees received awards at Saturday’s (Feb. 11, 2017) annual Black Engineer of the Year Award gala in Washington."

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-employees-honored-at-the-3...

The movie "Hidden Figures" showed some of the problems NASA culture had with integration, this Air and Space article shows more of that struggle.

"How NASA Joined the Civil Rights Revolution Integration came to the nation’s space agency in the mid-1960s"

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/how-nasa-joine...

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Post by macintux »

hirundo wrote: post #18

Maybe this is the first visit to the future home of humanity, the Kuiper Belt. Vast lebensraum and resources for colonization. Not so much solar power, but we could fuse our own. When energy is cheap the next bottlenecks are surface area and mass. It seems like success would drive our descendants to mostly live in the belt. How disappointing if those images come back tomorrow and show that it's already occupied.

Finding out that it’s already occupied would be the most astounding scientific discovery in history, so I’m going to have to disagree with you on that.

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Post by trentnix »

RA_Fisher wrote: post #8

Seems like a good time to reflect on the work: "Whitey on the Moon" https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 It'd be one thing if this was private money, instead it comes out of the pocketbooks of those suffering. That's rarely acknowledged.

Does this guy know how to party or what?

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Post by ecpottinger »

RA_Fisher wrote: post #8

Seems like a good time to reflect on the work: "Whitey on the Moon" https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 It'd be one thing if this was private money, instead it comes out of the pocketbooks of those suffering. That's rarely acknowledged.

This would come over to me more if it was not for the fact I also hear these same people complain about SpaceX send tourists to the moon and maybe landing a probe.

More often the complaint is "I hate that you are spending money on space rather on the things I am interested in".

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Post by KineticLensman »

FactolSarin wrote: post #19
eponeponepon wrote: post #13

Has there been any talk of further fly-by targets? I seem to recall there were a number of possible candidates after the Pluto fly-by, but I suppose the Thule visit might have ruled some or all of those others out.

Nothing concrete, but there probably will be another https://www.space.com/42808-nasa-new-horizons-possible-third...

Your reference says that there will be continued exploration, but doesn't mention another actual fly-by. Funding beyond 2021 isn't confirmed, and even if they top up the funding, they can't top up the manoeuvring fuel.

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Post by hirundo »

macintux wrote: post #22
hirundo wrote: post #18

Maybe this is the first visit to the future home of humanity, the Kuiper Belt. Vast lebensraum and resources for colonization. Not so much solar power, but we could fuse our own. When energy is cheap the next bottlenecks are surface area and mass. It seems like success would drive our descendants to mostly live in the belt. How disappointing if those images come back tomorrow and show that it's already occupied.

Finding out that it’s already occupied would be the most astounding scientific discovery in history, so I’m going to have to disagree with you on that.

The most astounding scientific discovery in history ... of competitors for resources.

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Post by aristophenes »

Wow. Scrolling backwards through the entries, how had I not seen this before? There’s a 3D movie exploring Pluto, I’m on my phone and it took me a minute to realize as I moved my phone around I could look all over at the scenery. Really great stuff!

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Post by garmaine »

KineticLensman wrote: post #20
hirundo wrote: post #18

Maybe this is the first visit to the future home of humanity, the Kuiper Belt. Vast lebensraum and resources for colonization. Not so much solar power, but we could fuse our own. When energy is cheap the next bottlenecks are surface area and mass. It seems like success would drive our descendants to mostly live in the belt. How disappointing if those images come back tomorrow and show that it's already occupied.

> Vast lebensraum and resources for colonization Well 'vast', yes, but not much else. Mainly rock and ices.

Which are more valuable than metals.
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