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NASA Juno Spacecraft Blasts Off On 5-Year Trip To Jupiter

I think we should all get used to the fact that human exploratio­n of space is many, many years away. My guess is no less than 50 years. It's not NASA's fault .. there are three major obstacles.

1) living in a small, close system for years will drive people crazy.
2) The amount of energy it takes to send, explore and return from anything beyond the moon is mind boggling.
3) The radiation in space is deadly and particles (and larger) zip through the spaceship and the astronauts like a laser beam on a cloudy night. Shielding technology just doesn't exist yet.

Robots are perfect for space travel. They don't get lonely, they don't have squishy parts and they don't have to get back home.

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Asteroid Vesta Photographed By NASA's Orbiting Dawn Craft

Soon there will be all kinds of theories crawling out from the underbelly of the internet, saying this is really a giant spaceship. There will be colored lines showing the outline of ports and buildings. They will say that it's unnatural for there to be 90 degree angles in nature. And of course, this will all be some giant government cover-up. This thing will be the next "Face on Mars"
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Bill O'Reily Teaches Science.

Now I usually try to stay out of politics. I know I've not been so good lately with my Ayn Rand comments but I just can't help myself when I hear some talking-head try to explain how God makes science work.

Case in point .. I recently came across an article in Urlesque called, " Bill O'Reilly Fails At Science and Becomes a Meme - You Can't Explain That!" It investigates how the now infamous "Explain That .. " interview exploded into a hug internet meme. And how it spawned a whole cornucopia of - Explain That posters.


What I find amazing is instead of backing off of his ridiculous comments O'Reilly doubled down in his "Backstage Conversation", saying that God placed the moon in Earth's orbit and that none of the other planets have moons .. not Venus not Mars. - I guess Mars technically has TWO moons not just one like ours.

Bill also questions where babies come from. Does he really not how a woman gets knocked up?  He also makes a interesting prediction that there is only life on this planet and no where else.

I think it's safe to say scientist are almost completely convinced there was microbial life on Mars

Here's what I think about extraterrestrial life:

• There is microbial life on Mars now.
• There might be life slightly larger than a microbe on Mars now.
• There may have been life much larger than a microbe on Mars in the past.
• There is probably life under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa
• There are probably a few intelligent civilizations in our galaxy
• Microbial life travels across vast distances on meteors.
• There is a chance for life that is not based on carbon and oxygen
• Intelligent extraterrestrial life has in all likelihood never visited Earth.  - sorry, just don't think it's possible.

Read Urlesque article on Bill O'Reilly