Gerald98053
Gerald98053 t1_j6au7ir wrote
Reply to What is your favorite exoplanet, and why? by Mister_Moho
I’ll just stick with nice, familiar Ceres. I weigh only 4 pounds there. After years of practice, I can slam-dunk a basketball there. I can hit a golf ball nearly to Vesta. Ceres is cool.
Gerald98053 t1_j6ar4zw wrote
Reply to In the event of a fatal manned mission (example Artemis 2), would exploration stop in this period? by damarisu
The pauses in space exploration after Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia and Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11 and the Cosmodrome were all relatively brief. We’ve experienced disaster in space travel and to some extent have accepted that it will occur. There are always the naysayers who declare any disaster the occasion to quit.
Likely people declared loudly in 1522 that the loss of Magellan and most of his crew should put a permanent end to sailing ships.
Gerald98053 t1_jaach9q wrote
Reply to comment by GymAndGarden in A cougar was observed swimming 1.1 km (0.68 miles) to an uninhabited island in Pugent Sound. Researchers find other records implying mountain lions can swim even farther to hop between islands, likely >2 km. “We are redefining the mountain lion in our minds as an animal that can swim.” by TR_54
Although at times in the past we called it “pungent sound.” The paper mills in Everett used to dump their effluent into the Sound and the sulfurous odor was extreme. Good times, good times.