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Topic: Amazing recent photo from the surface of Mars

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #122,227

Meta joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #1,335,282

Yeah this was definitely worth billions of dollars to get pictures of the same lifeless shitty brown desert we have seen from every Mars lander since 1976.

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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,284

@previous (Meta)
This sole photo is not the reason we went to Mars. We are conducting tons of research there.

Meta replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,290

@previous (A)
Research on what? It's a barren rock.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,291

@previous (Meta)
If I did not know that you were so dull and without any intellectual curiosity whatsoever, I would think you were trolling.

Meta replied with this 1 year ago, 38 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,299

@previous (A)
No seriously. Enlighten me. What very valuable research are we getting with this?

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 23 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,303

I think it's neat. Might be space chinchillas up there - worth it.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 29 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,309

@1,335,282 (Meta)

The purpose of the craft is not to take a photo lol

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,310

This is from Reddit. Confirmed AI.

Meta replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,345

@1,335,309 (D)
Okay then what is the purpose?

boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 32 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,354

well the land might come in handy some time

dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,392

Not amazed

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 18 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,393

Just a total waste of money imo

Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 35 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,395

@1,335,345 (Meta)

The rover's goals include identifying ancient Martian environments capable of supporting life, seeking out evidence of former microbial life existing in those environments, collecting rock and soil samples to store on the Martian surface, and testing oxygen production from the Martian atmosphere to prepare for future crewed missions.[12]

Meta replied with this 1 year ago, 55 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,400

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The same tired old shit every other rover looked for and hasn't found.

How would this improve life for anyone on earth???

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,401

@previous (Meta)
A button that orders you tickets to Mars would be an improvement, probably.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,403

@1,335,395 (D)
They have been doing this shit for years. Look at the pictures? Who in the fuck would want to go there? I'd rather visit death valley or the Sahara desert, at least you could see a scorpion or two running around.

That money could be put to way better use than fucking around on something that is nothing but a wasteland of nothingness.

Anonymous I replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,404

@previous (J)
You can't visit death valley if death valley visits you first.

Anonymous J replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,405

@previous (I)
I've already been there.

Anonymous I replied with this 1 year ago, 58 seconds later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,407

@previous (J)
Just the once, then?

Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,412

@1,335,400 (Meta)

This is the same rover, it just keeps working and working

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 5 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,482

@1,335,400 (Meta)
It is about intellectual curiosity and exploration. Not everything has to have an immediate, practical monetary benefit. That's what I meant when I said that you have no intellectual curiosity. It's knowledge for its own sake.

Anonymous I replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,483

@previous (A)
Admit it, your brother is back in town for Christmas

Meta replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,501

@1,335,482 (A)
Does it have any practical benefit at all for those who live on Earth?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 55 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,511

@previous (Meta)
Some, yes. We learn more about the universe and science. The more we know about that, the further we can elevate mankind. Also, again, knowledge in itself has an intrinsic value.

boof replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,335,563

and surely, we never know what we don't know until we find something we didn't know about
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