You know what else is green? The stars on Syria's flag. Coincidence? I think not.

NASA's space launch system is going to launch in 2018. It's a shame nobody gives a damn, except for me. Here is a link to the story:
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/na...tes-into-space

I seriously think we need to fund more space exploration.

Last I heard NASA literally does everything it does because only Vexen finds it interesting.

I for one, hope these cubesats confirm our suspicions that deep space is indeed a dark, cold, lifeless void. Then my life won't seem so bad by comparison. If it's just full of tardigrades I'll be a bit upset.

I for one welcome our new tardigrade overlords.

STM confirmed xenophobic

Actually I'm hugely interested in astronomy and intergalactic travel.

I honestly think it's the most important thing we as a intelligent species should be focusing on.

tbh the most important thing we should be doing as a race is working out why it takes 70 minutes to travel 12 miles using London public transport.

That’s because London’s a shithole.

I’ll take that triple-digit research grant now please.

Just give me your bank account details and I'll deposit it in.

I wholeheartedly agree. There is so much untapped potential in space exploration. We would have more resources than we know what to do with if we actually invested time into space exploration. Unfortunately, our technology is too primitive as of now. The only thing that could possibly change space travel in the near future, is the development of a nuclear thermal rocket. If you're not familiar, essentially, a nuclear reactor replaces the chemical energy, used to ignite and expel gasses, (which is made from a combination of the two reactive chemicals found in traditional rocket engines, the propellant and the oxidizer) and utilizes nuclear energy instead. So, there is no need to carry oxidizer and the rocket only uses the propellant, as a result making the total mass of the rocket lighter. The exhaust velocity is also increased, leading to an increased specific impulse of the engine. It's supposed to be extremely efficient compared to our current technology. Only downside is, it cannot be used as a lifting stage for the rocket because its thrust is too little to be effectively used within an atmosphere.

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Classic Mega64

somebody explain this video to me its got 100k views

Foot fetish.

I feared it might be the answer

Not just feet, but heels too, for all of your ballbusting needs.

I wonder how it feels, discovering such techniques

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These ASSHOLES

i love Karl.

If I had to take a guess, cripplingly lonely.

Australian "politician" put to jazz. This is fucking brilliant, no autotune or manipulation of her speech at all.

That's beautiful. Reminds me of Jazz Discharge Party Hats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hWALDRHiw

I'd hate to break it to you, but watch her lips. They're adding the pauses and some repeated words in.

Also, are you old enough to remember Pauline Pantsdowne?

(Yes, that actually is Pauline Hanson's voice edited into the song)

Yeah I was 2 when it came out. Surprised I'd never seen it before, it's amazing.

They're totally different things though. One is political satire, one is art :p

lel

and I thought Catholic Primary school was bad.

Really incredible stuff. Jon's singing wasn't half bad either :p