Imagine what could have been done if some guy didn't waste $44b on a stupid social network and instead utilized the money for the benefit of humanity and science.

"the agency’s current plan to bring the first samples collected by the Mars rover Perseverance could cost up to $11 billion and would likely not be achievable until 2040."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24131341/nasa-mars-sample-return-mission-elon-musk-space-x

#space #nasa #mars

NASA needs a cheaper, faster way to bring Mars dirt back to Earth

NASA’s Bill Nelson says the agency will solicit ideas for cheaper and faster ways to perform a Mars sample-return mission, aiming to bring the samples back in the 2030s.

^{Amrita Khalid (The Verge)}

Phobos over Mars

Full size 3570x2000: https://flic.kr/p/2pHBL86

I was kinda tired of seeing this epic photo online only in black and white, so I decided to jazz it up with some colours!

ESA Mars Express HRSC
Orbit 7982
Time: 2010-03-26
Filter ND - H7982_0000_ND3.IMG
Image created using data processed from: https://psa.esa.int

Link to my Phobos album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL

Credit: ESA/ @DLR /FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

#Space #Astronomy #Astrodon #Spacetodon #Phobos #Mars #ESA

Elon Musk uses sci-fi dreams like colonizing Mars to distract us his real business goals and how SpaceX has trampled workers’ rights and the environment to achieve them.

If we ever hope to build a better future, we need to stop falling for false futures.

https://disconnect.blog/what-if-we-never-live-on-mars/

#tech #space #mars #spacex #elonmusk

What if we never live on Mars?

Tech billionaires sell us the dream of realizing sci-fi fantasies, but that distracts us from building a better society on Earth

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}