/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10891512
Well obviously, it's an artist's rendition of a much lower quality image that, I assure you, is 100% real
(<-- see there)

>>8751014
>3 km/h breeze under crushing atmosphere blowing tumblepakis across the surface
I'd pay to see this.

>>7722656
I want more probes or a rover there too. It'd be really hard to design something to operate at those temperatures and pressures for a decent amount of time, though.

>>7547123
Thanks for the response. I really need more opinions on this.

I'm no one special at all, I'm just an 18 year old kid who's in my community college's 2 year aerospace program. I was going to become an arborist so previous experience is just trimming trees, nothing relating to space. Due to a minor back injury, I realized that I couldn't, nor did I want to pursue that career and with the cold reality of not having my high school diploma past 18 staring at me, I got my shit together, got my GED, and got into the program.

Because Orion needs technicians and the program is buddy buddy with them, they choose 6 people ( out of like 50 ) a year and after 6 months of personal training, you actually get to work on Orion. It blew my mind but its true and this almost theatrically convenient, lucky point in my life has provided me with a decent chance to work on something so iconic.

I'm definitely partially self aware at how shitty spaceX's work environment is and although I wish It was more friendly, I admire their drive and goals and I only want to work my ass off for years at a place that will reach a point where I can, without bullshit, with the cynical /sci/ pessimist eating away at the back of my mind shutting up, believe that I did my microscopic, but positive part, to help advance humanity in some way. With Orion (this is just my inexperienced, ignorant opinion) I just don't want a decade to go down the drain if the end game is something like an apollo 8 right before another cancellation or budget drop. I'll definitely take into consideration what you said about not writing off Orion though, anything could happen and I could switch to spaceX anytime over the years if its going down hill but probably not the other way around.

Venus

Why is it important that we find bacteria life on other planets?

What happens after we die? Does consciousness go back to where we started from birth and we live out lives over and over.

>>6931839
Take a look at Venus. It's fucking hell. Literally.