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Old 02-06-2018, 02:33 PM   #3221
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It really is a little sad when you see the amazing power of humanity in a breakthrough like this and then remember that here on earth we spend the better part of our time squabbling and killing over minor differences between people, religion and countries.

Imagine if we were truly one as a people what we could do?!
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:36 PM   #3222
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Birds in Australia are using weaponized fire to hunt.

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I recall they were attempting to train crows to pick up cigarette butts and discard them for a food reward in some Scandinavian country. Watch out... Think seagulls stealing french fries are annoying?
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:37 PM   #3223
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It really is a little sad when you see the amazing power of humanity in a breakthrough like this and then remember that here on earth we spend the better part of our time squabbling and killing over minor differences between people, religion and countries.

Imagine if we were truly one as a people what we could do?!
This is absolutely true in every way. Space exploration really is the final frontier for humanity; every scientific and technological advancement we complete on earth really is another step towards this end goal... and yet on this planet we spend most of our time wasting it squabbling with each other over petty differences. Hopefully one day that changes, for good.
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It really is a little sad when you see the amazing power of humanity in a breakthrough like this and then remember that here on earth we spend the better part of our time squabbling and killing over minor differences between people, religion and countries.

Imagine if we were truly one as a people what we could do?!
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:47 PM   #3225
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It really is a little sad when you see the amazing power of humanity in a breakthrough like this and then remember that here on earth we spend the better part of our time squabbling and killing over minor differences between people, religion and countries.

Imagine if we were truly one as a people what we could do?!
Sure but remember a lot of our greatest technological advancements come from our desire to kill people.

The rocket's major advancements came from a desire to kill people hundreds to thousands of miles away.

Our ability to travel across the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour, came from a desire for a faster fighter plane.

a lot of medical advances came from battlefield surgeries.

Computers, a desire to calculate artillery and break codes.

Competition and war are the perfect elixir for advancement.

Our fastest period of space exploration came due to the fear that the Soviet enemy would get their first.

Even things like nuclear energy came from taming the atom for military purposes.
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Crows are extremely clever animals...they never seize to amaze me:



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Who says science cannot inspire awe and a feeling of utter wonderment and beauty.

That dual landing is art.
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So bloody cool. What an amazing day for science today. Glad I got to watch it live.
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:53 PM   #3229
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I could watch star man all day long.
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:57 PM   #3230
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Sure but remember a lot of our greatest technological advancements come from our desire to kill people.

The rocket's major advancements came from a desire to kill people hundreds to thousands of miles away.

Our ability to travel across the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour, came from a desire for a faster fighter plane.

a lot of medical advances came from battlefield surgeries.

Computers, a desire to calculate artillery and break codes.

Competition and war are the perfect elixir for advancement.

Our fastest period of space exploration came due to the fear that the Soviet enemy would get their first.

Even things like nuclear energy came from taming the atom for military purposes.
Damn, so true and depressing at the same time.
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:00 PM   #3231
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I suppose the lack of news on the center core means that it didn't make it to the drone ship?
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:04 PM   #3232
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There's some #centercore posts on Twitter saying there was a clear audio portion in which you can hear them say "we lost the center core"
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:08 PM   #3233
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Surferguy captured this from the stream, but he sucks at the internet and asked me to post this for him and claim it as mine. So I took this with my Gopro. A little chilly up there. but worth it for the shot!
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Is the tesla mounted on the outside of the rocket?
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:11 PM   #3235
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Looks to be on the front tip of the rocket, no?
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:13 PM   #3236
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Here is the mounting. Right on the top.

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Damn, so true and depressing at the same time.
Yeah, it is.

But even the advancement of man, came from his desire to not only kill animals to eat and skin, but to kill his neighbors to get their stuff.
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Surferguy captured this from the stream, but he sucks at the internet and asked me to post this for him and claim it as mine. So I took this with my Gopro. A little chilly up there. but worth it for the shot!
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Old 02-06-2018, 04:51 PM   #3239
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The marketing play around that isn't gonna help the Tesla naysayers.
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...the smoke and ash bubbling from Mount Sinabung after an eruption earlier today is like watching some kind of mythical monster slowing taking over the sky.
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http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel...21deace48112cd

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