Cassini's Robot Lab Successfully Separates

toomanyairmiles writes "The BBC has an article indicating NASA's Cassini probe has successfully launched its robot lab on its three-week journey into the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. 'Such is the chemistry and temperature (-180C) on Titan that scientists suspect it may harbour lakes, even great seas, of methane or ethane.' Seemingly we have very little idea of what we'll find there: 'Even Cassini's remarkable instruments have struggled to get at the facts. Scientists can see dark and bright regions on the surface, but quite what they represent no one is really sure.'"

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waste of time

[bogaboga]

Waste of time and money! The cash involved would have gone a long way in solving the nation's problems like unemployment, disease and the general lack of direction.

Heck...we even know very little about the seas and oceans. Under there, there is a possibility of finding a unique reptile that could have the clue to fighting AIDS.

Because I am a small man, nobody will listen! No wonder we are falling behind, and very soon we as a nation may become less relevant in the world.

Re:waste of time

[cheekyboy]

Dude, get a sense of priorities, the amount of cash spent on space is so tiny, probably less than what usa spends on toilet paper ok.

So get a damn clue you 1920s dim wit clueless jock drunk prick.

450billion on military
100s billions in corproate welfare
100s of billions in farm subsidies
100s of billions wasted in interest payments on even more horrid debt.

The only reason why people are poor is that most people gets funneled into PROPERTY and SHARES, instead of REAL work. If this pyramid game of shares/property wasnt there and the prices were fair, then there would be billions more being spent on real investments, not another "throw millions at this 15% return fund"

AIDS was man made so go talk to your local govt official.

Re:waste of time

[Sascha J.]

lol, I've never red so much bullsh.. at once. Actually it's not even worth to be commented (Yeah, why I'm doing it then?)

Re:waste of time

[Rakishi]

So by not spending money on scientific endeavors you think the US will become more relevant to the world and not fall behind. What the hell are you smoking and can I have some of it. Actually wait a minute: the US/EU has high rates of unemployment and disease???? Well that's news to me. And even if they did 1 billion would have done absolutely jack shit as politicians would have simply spent it on various pet projects. Damn liberals who think that the only way to solve problems is to spend tax money on them, without thinking of any of the consequences. You know why Africa is a shit hole: because in the last 100 years it's population went up seven fold. And you know why it did that: because liberal humanitarians decided that introducing modern medicine to lower child mortality is a great idea without even looking at the potential conflicts it would cause with the social and economic infrastructure. Disease is what holds populations in check when people arte too immature to do it themselves.