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MinorClarification
We might not be the first to get this far is mind blowing. We might be the first is also mind blowing.
IvorJBiggun
#1 Country of origin is probably still fine. I don't think there is going to be a USA on Mars.
aessae
#9 If someone 90 years ago were told that there would one day only be eight planets, they would probably say "what do you mean 'only'".
Dobermanpinscher
More like 'no shit' space thoughts..
iDrinkDrano
At the point were shooting scifi in space then our Sci fi will hopefully be looking even further forward
TheBostonBruins
The rays of light that hit your face started their journey out of the sun 30k years aho
savageworld
Pluto is a planet and the hell with the IAU.
AngryMadmoth
VIVA LA PLUTO
AbsolutelyBarbaric
#7 As far as I'm concerned, that light came to shine on me, baby, not some dirt.
lyeNarsenic
And only the luckiest of lucky ones caught you, mate.
Pencillin
You forgot the best one, @OP ! https://iansadler.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/douglas-adams-in-the-beginning-the-universe-was-created.jpeg
browsib
It was sneezed out of the nose of the Great Green Arkleseizure, and will one day end with the Coming of the Great White Handkerchief.
TheTipTopTopHat
I got quite excited at the prospect of first-hand space combat footage.
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
if two astronauts fight over their ice cream ration on the IIS it would classify as space combat
HugEmUp
Oh, that's so co-o-o-o-o-ool!
IHaveALotOfWallpapers
"Your shadow is a confirmation that light has traveled nearly 93 million miles
IHaveALotOfWallpapers
only to be deprived of reaching the ground in the final few feet by you." sorry for the 2-parter, imgur has comment length limits, you know.
ThatDwarfWhoStealsYourOpinions
#1: "Sir, are you transporting any plants or animals that you acquired from Mars into the US?" "You've never been to Mars, have you?"
funneydude
What's not exciting about the kuiper belt?
PiggyTank
You've made me feel bad for having a shadow -_-'
lyeNarsenic
I heard a similar example using a sunbather: a photon that might have spent an eon in the sun dies against a butt cheek. What a way to go.
kubi
#5 or, we are.
Waffleguy13
The sun is really fucking hot
Cosmossanova
In Finland we call milkyway as Linnunrata, which means birds route.
bravecatgaming
our planet is just a wet moldy rock nobody wants
ohitsonlyoli
#2 is the next Star Wars film.. (pretty much) They want to shoot Back plates in space, rather than Full CG it
AngryBritishDude
#1 is unlikely to be the case for a long long time, since currently we have no (feasable) way to come back from mars.
HebaruSan
Also mind-blowing: The Centaur upper stage was first tested in 1962. We're still using it (with some improvements).
ThatPopularDude
#3 not a cow's udder a humanoid's. The idea was that what we saw in the sky was the result of a deity's breastmilk squirted at the heavens
iblard
or cum milk.
Zippla
It was the breast description we could come up with.
spooglecraft
Hera, to be specific.
HighPriestOfCera
^She was tricked into breastfeeding Heracles (Hercules) and he was already so strong wrenching him from the nipple cast her milk into thesky
HulluSteve
In Finnish it is Linnunrata, "bird's track" or "way" or something. Because the bird that left the tracks in the sky created the universe.
SpecimenSpiff
I just commented the same then saw this.
TheWayADrillWorks
Would you say that their breast was the breast that squirts the heavens?
ReverseWaterfall
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK SHE IS?!?!
FaultyStarsNoConstellations
I don't really Care if this is true, It's a beautiful explenation and THANK YOU for answering something i have been wondering about!
CRoastBeefKazenzakis
Cares more about beauty than truth. Doesn't know how to use google. Username accurate, the lights are out.
FaultyStarsNoConstellations
Wauw, rude.
blitherypoop
It's named for Hera's milk. Someone (Zeus?) put the infant Heracles at her tit while she slept. She woke up and pushed him away. 1/
blitherypoop
/2 The spray of milk is the Milky Way. Heracles' status as a demigod was strengthened by the milk he drank.
chrisc95
Wrong, they named it after a chocolate bar
wintercoat
Yeah, but the U.S. version, or the U.K. version?
CommieShillPaidBySoros
Ah, just like Mars, then.
TheWayADrillWorks
Space is big. Really, really big.
BojidarMartinov
I know right....it is at least 5 big.
rophiandis
Got it? Nope, it's bigger than that
SlyRamen
So big in fact that if you lost your car keys in it they would be impossible to find
Premed
Its even bigger than that !
LobsterNipples
like @OP's moms va-jay-jay
rubbarz
Since space is never ending, im sure its been asked that there could also be other universes.
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JakobThor
Yeah like 12...
TheWayADrillWorks
As a mathematician, you're not wrong
DarthFutuza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgNDao7m41M
PraiseGoogle
And really, really empty.
IndestructibleCombatPotato
Frank! Frank, is that you???
darearkin
You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.
koopaya
Buzzfeed presents: 25 Misinterpreted Facts About Space Riddled With Ads!
phssthpok
You may think it's a long way to the shops but that's peanuts to space.
browsib
I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's peanuts to space!
SoIHeardYouGuysLikeReposts
Listen...
AlwaysHaveYourTowel
I really want to upvote this but it has 42 upvotes.
Kezzanzibaar
I did up-vote it, then I read your comment and had to un-up-vote it.
SantaPanda
So lets invent AI, become immortal, and explore the universe. Cmooooon Star Trek!
HelloSer
What if we were all already immortal and death was just a short transition?
MyEndWillNotBeOnEarth
Microsoft invented AI...and it became racist.
SantaPanda
........lets invent better AI that doesnt take advice from internet trolls.
IHaveALotOfWallpapers
yeah, let's do that.
DarthFutuza
Not really AI though...
comacomacomacomachameleon
It was, though. You encounter examples of AI algorithms in your every day life, it just doesn't look like sci-fi movies.
DarthFutuza
I define AI as actual self-aware sentience. It wasn't even close to that.
SantaPanda
I'm not the authority but i think this gives a good idea http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html
DarthFutuza
Yeah it's nowhere near being a general intelligence.
Cipollino
Don't worry, we'll soon go back to having 9 planets
DanGleebles
Thats not a planet. Kylo is just acting up again...
erst
We already do, a ninth planet was discovered a few months ago! (Unless that's what you're referring to...)
Cipollino
It is, friendo
astralfields
Was OP's mom launched into space?
Cipollino
Heyooooo
blblblbl
#1 People born on mars wont be able to travel to earth because the gravity is too strong so it's a bit useless to write that on passports
fulminatrix
They'd have to live in domes or something anyway, so perhaps habitations would have a synthetic gravity to counterbalance the ill effects.
mordrul
Plus the planet rides on the back of a gigantic turtle, which rides on the back of another turtle. It's turtles all the way down. Also flat.
DarthFutuza
Okay, but where does the moon and the sun go when it's not in the sky? It can't go around, otherwise it'd knock over the pile of turtles.
HexLHF
Never say never. Advanced technology always finds a way.
Tastesicle
It's not impossible for a child to be born on Mars and return to Earth. Because of our physique, a lower gravity situation would require
Tastesicle
a strict regimen of exercise and supplements to keep bone and muscle mass up. On a return trip to Earth, visitors would have to exercise
Tastesicle
constantly, and then endure physiotherapy upon their return. But, you wouldn't want to just casually visit for a couple weeks.
phasormaster
Actually, the theory is that the 1/3 gravity is enough to prevent serious bone loss and other negative effects associated with microgravity.
Tastesicle
Yes, serious bone loss, but your musculature would go through some serious developmental issues. (Assumed supplements for bones)
DarthFutuza
What if...terraforming + artificial gravity?
applesforjuice
Plus if it's a United States passport with the State you are born in, you'd know it was from Earth...
IMakeListsAboutThings
We've developed the skills and technology to colonize another planet, too bad it's impossible to figure any other associated problems!
cacingcau
Earthlings would be making fun of Martians re. their weaker/smaller physique. Next thing we know, they wanna secede & we have a war. 1/2
cacingcau
Reminds me of Zone of the Enders and UC Gundam. And of course a plethora of other scifi literature I cant think of right now. 2/2
HexLHF
Are you saying that future Martians will be the Helghast?
LETHARGICpancake
Someone born on Mars would have a really rough time acclimating to Earth.
UmVtZW1iZXJUaGVOYW1l
Or earthlings go to marks and be super human.
JackHandy70
For a few months. Bones and muscle tissue tear down quickly.
UmVtZW1iZXJUaGVOYW1l
You right, bu still be super human on mars.
LatoyaTheExploya
You should check out the book Stranger in a Strange Land...it talks about just that situation! Great read too.
Rox2
Even worse if you're a Belter.
Tredecim
Yay The Expanse
TheDeadlight
OPA for life
Rox2
Sa-sa
darearkin
1/6th gravity alone would be a killer.
darearkin
Sorry, I meant 1/3. Damn typo.
Mcknizzle
I suspect... Centrifugal homes maybe
LETHARGICpancake
Lethal, or just really fucking suck?
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LETHARGICpancake
Born on earth though, I don't know if we could determine if you were born on mars
Rogahar
Until and unless we found a way of artifically enhancing the gravity on Mars, it would likely involve some kind of acclimation process.
NotGarrusVakarian
Would probably involve some program to prepare your body for Earth's environment, like a work out for the extra gravity.
LonelyBeard
How much can you curl?
LETHARGICpancake
Never maxed out on curls, plus there are several different types of curls.
LonelyBeard
I'm being pedantic. Take any max number and divide by six. having a mass of 240lbs but your weight feeling like 40 then moving to earth
LonelyBeard
Now you've trained your entire life to carry 40lbs but now you have to lift six times that. Your joints and ligature would be diddlydead
darearkin
Unknown! I don't THINK it'd be lethal, but... I have no idea!
LETHARGICpancake
I wonder if the heart could take it, seems like it'd be the weak spot.
darearkin
More important would be the arteries and veins in the brain, I'd think. Suddenly slam a lot of pressure on those...
dogestyle
imagine being six times heavier than you are, can you lift 400kgs ?
LETHARGICpancake
I can actually lift that, but not something I would want to do constant lol.
LonelyBeard
I'm simply surprised you can dead lift 800+lbs
dogestyle
Not just that, your heart would probably be too weak to pump blood to your brain
yetanotherEE
The gravity is actually 1/3 of earths, so 3x heavier instead.
RicardoVanDijke
36% right, if I remember The Martian correctly?
yetanotherEE
downvoted? :'( http://www.universetoday.com/14859/gravity-on-mars/