Mildly interesting
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Still the saddest goodbye in space exploration. On June 10, 2018, during a massive planet-wide dust storm, Opportunity sent its final data transmission — poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” Designed for just 90 days, Oppy defied odds for nearly 15 years, traveling 45 km across Mars, discovering evidence of ancient water, and sending back breathtaking panoramas. The storm blocked sunlight for months, draining its batteries forever. No more signals came. Rest easy, Oppy — you explored farther and longer than anyone dreamed, turning a golf-cart-sized robot into a legend. Your spirit lives on in every rover that follows. Thank you for showing us Mars.
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Still the saddest goodbye in space exploration. On June 10, 2018, during a massive planet-wide dust storm, Opportunity sent its final data transmission — poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” Designed for just 90 days, Oppy defied odds for nearly 15 years, traveling 45 km across Mars, discovering evidence of ancient water, and sending back breathtaking panoramas. The storm blocked sunlight for months, draining its batteries forever. No more signals came. Rest easy, Oppy — you explored farther and longer than anyone dreamed, turning a golf-cart-sized robot into a legend. Your spirit lives on in every rover that follows. Thank you for showing us Mars.
@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
poetically translated by engineers as “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”
Bah, they spoiled it with poetry.
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Interesting framing connecting the violent immigration crackdown in the U.S. to what happened in Honduras in recent years and the push for "startup cities" by certain Trump backers.
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Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize
Philip Noel-Baker from UK
1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmament -
Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize
Philip Noel-Baker from UK
1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmament@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
Only one person has won both an Olympic medal and a Nobel Peace Prize
Philip Noel-Baker from UK
1920 Olympic - silver medal in 1500m race
1959 - Nobel Peace Prize for his work on disarmamentWords from the spiritual media are that Noel-Baker are trying to give both to Donald Trump.
