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krispos42

(49,445 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:06 PM Aug 2012

Damn, XKCD was right on (re: Neil Armstrong)

Right at the 50th percentile mark.

2030 is all of a sudden uncomfortably close.

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Damn, XKCD was right on (re: Neil Armstrong) (Original Post) krispos42 Aug 2012 OP

That chart makes me very sad. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #1

The best possible legacy for Neil pokerfan Aug 2012 #2

And in 2045, nuclear war. bananas Aug 2012 #3

I'd like to see the same graph outlining deployed robotic probes and telescopes... tridim Aug 2012 #4

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

1. That chart makes me very sad.

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:21 PM

Aug 2012

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

2. The best possible legacy for Neil

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:08 PM

Aug 2012

would be to make sure that graph never reaches zero.

bananas

(27,509 posts)

3. And in 2045, nuclear war.

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:37 PM

Aug 2012

tridim

(45,358 posts)

4. I'd like to see the same graph outlining deployed robotic probes and telescopes...

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:10 PM

Aug 2012

Or more simply, outlining space exploration in general. The future doesn't seem so grim when you look at that data, at least it doesn't to me.

The James Webb telescope, for instance is going to be an amazing tool for space exploration and research. It will see things we have only dreamed of, and likely see things we haven't.

http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

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