Messenger has crashed into Mercury
After four years in orbit around Mercury and eleven years in space, engineers have confirmed that Messenger has crashed into Mercury.
From the press release: From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back.
Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him.
The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today.
He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future.
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After four years in orbit around Mercury and eleven years in space, engineers have confirmed that Messenger has crashed into Mercury.
From the press release: From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back.
Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him. The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today. He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future. Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from the ebook publisher, ebookit. And if you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
By what right do we crash vehicles into other planets? What if a superior race of spacefarers did the same to Earth and claimed it was for their science?
manifest destiny
Then the life that spawns there should be grateful for the advanced technology (And potentially the seeds for such life) that we provided them, as we should be for those neat flying saucers stashed in Area 51. :P
Thus spake President J. Knox Polk!
Most excellent reply!
Manifest destiny was the excuse used to dislocate and exterminate the natives in North America. An intellectually lazy solution to achieve a goal rather than the difficult task of assimilation.