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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.'"
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.