OK. I'll buy that, but this is a science thread and intentionally misrepresenting the facts is hard to understand, purpose wise, in context. If you want tongue-in-cheek humour, maybe you might say, in UNIVERSE terms, that Jupiter and Saturn are just around the corner/block or just down the lane a piece.
it wasn't obviously humorous. now that you revealed that it was supposed to be humour, i get it, but my guess is that most people who read your post wouldn't see your exaggeration as something to smile/chuckle/grin about. i think most people would think, if they know anything about cosmic proportions, is it really 2 trillion miles? feel free to take a poll...
Oh my. You’re digging that hole deeper and deeper. You really don’t get it at all. It had to be an outrageous distance or people, like you, would be calling me out over centimeters. A couple of trillion is obviously over the top. Jesus having to ‘splain a joke is sad. and on that topic. Happy Christmas Chris and to all who follow this thread.
Oim nae a Scouser, Me roots is Norn Irish, Scots, Anglish and Cherman. My earliest ancestor to land on these golden shores arrived in 1635. I win. LOL
Aye and dere's a story 'boot dat. Our family originates (the English side) in the N of England, not in the Liverpool area, farther north and east, maybe near where Bradford is now. Bradford as a city didn't exist in the early 17th Century, and the Irish immigration boom didn't occur until the mid-19th Century. I became a 'Pool fan when I got the Fox Soccer Channel in the late 90s. I watched the Liverpool v. Soton match on Jan 6, 1999, where the result was 7-1 in favor of the Reds. Wow...They're good, I thought. I had read Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby which was published in 1992 and I was sort of an Arsenal fan, but not a committed supporter. ( The movie that came out about the Red Sox is dire ) The Liverpool v. Soton match won me over completely.
Well...if you've been a Pool fan that long I'm sure you've seen the '05 Champs League Final between Pool and Milan. I was neutral before the match and almost turned the tv off at halftime. The 2nd half was something to see and in the closing minutes I was on my feet yelling. Wifey thought I was finally over the edge. The only matches I loved more were any that my 3 kids played in. My daughter called it quits in her 40's and son in his 50's. They played the game the way it was meant to be played. Ps...if by chance you haven't seen the match it's on utube. I've watched it a couple three times.
Pretty busy month on Mars 1st the UAE successfully entered the planets atmosphere with a probe 2nd China did the same and hopefully next week NASA's Perseverance rover will be a success
I love those ‘on the planet’ shots. Too bad I won’t be around for the terraforming. Makes me think of OJ in this.
This looks like a bit of fun. Get your joystick and fly your drone around Mars. Oh wait! I hope this all works out. It’d be really interesting to get some camera shot of a fly over. “More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it's possible to replicate the feat on another world. Transported aboard the Mars 2020 spacecraft that arrives at the Red Planet on Thursday, the small Ingenuity helicopter will have several challenges to overcome -- the biggest being the rarefied Martian atmosphere, which is just one percent the density of Earth's. It might be called a helicopter, but in appearance it's closer to mini-drones we've grown accustomed to seeing in recent years. Weighing just four pounds (1.8 kilograms), its blades are much larger and spin about five times faster -- 2,400 revolutions per minute -- than would be required to generate the same amount of lift back on Earth. It does however get some assistance from Mars, where the gravity is only a third of that on our home planet.” https://www.rawstory.com/nasa-wants-to-fly-a-helicopter-on-mars-for-the-first-time-2650551411/
And it did....... Pretty amazing stuff. Time and distance, means everything is planned in advance then you cross your fingers and hope your landing is better than the 50% that crashed in. “Seven months after blast-off, NASA's Mars 2020 mission will have to negotiate its shortest and most intense phase on Thursday: the "seven minutes of terror" it takes to slam the brakes and land the Perseverance rover on a narrow target on the planet's surface. Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) begins when the spacecraft carrying Perseverance strikes the Martian atmosphere at nearly 12,500 miles per hour (20,000 kilometers per hour).” ...and more here. https://www.rawstory.com/7-minutes-of-terror-perserverance-rovers-nail-biting-landing-phase/