I am a Canadian, and I am proud of what we have been able to do with this new arm, and what it means for the rest of the world. It's a shame when people get too involved in themselves to see what great science that is going on, and not be able to simply say "Good job."
The space station is an international project, and it'll help us all in the end. So what is the US has contributed so much so far? I suppose it doesn't matter that they are perhaps the most experience and richest country in the world. I see this as not only a great learning experience, but a greater step towards international freedom and peace.
It'll take time... and it will never be perfect, but when have humans been accused of being perfect? It's the work and effort that counts, not necessarily the end project.
It's interesting to read the post of others on here.
But, I think some of them are done in haste. To me,
finding water on a moon that is a great distance away, that is
beneath the crust of the said mood is something amazing.
Each time we learn something, we learn how much we
still need to learn before we understand. Every little
bit of science and discoveries help out, and they
should not be bashed for being 'predictable'... since before
we figured it out, that's all it was.. predicted. Now it's fact.
I think we should all keep in mind that if there are any other life forms out there, they don't necessarily have the same needs for survival as we do. So far in our research of the universe, we havn't came across any other planet that is exactly like Earth yet. Not saying there isn't any out there, but I think we should be more open to the other needs that may exists out there, that perhaps don't need water. Our sciences are based on our small spec of paint, on the canvas of the world, and is very limited.
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It is compressable... you just can't uncompress it without some data loss.
The space station is an international project, and it'll help us all in the end. So what is the US has contributed so much so far? I suppose it doesn't matter that they are perhaps the most experience and richest country in the world. I see this as not only a great learning experience, but a greater step towards international freedom and peace. It'll take time... and it will never be perfect, but when have humans been accused of being perfect? It's the work and effort that counts, not necessarily the end project.
It's interesting to read the post of others on here. But, I think some of them are done in haste. To me, finding water on a moon that is a great distance away, that is beneath the crust of the said mood is something amazing. Each time we learn something, we learn how much we still need to learn before we understand. Every little bit of science and discoveries help out, and they should not be bashed for being 'predictable'... since before we figured it out, that's all it was.. predicted. Now it's fact.
I think we should all keep in mind that if there are any other life forms out there, they don't necessarily have the same needs for survival as we do. So far in our research of the universe, we havn't came across any other planet that is exactly like Earth yet. Not saying there isn't any out there, but I think we should be more open to the other needs that may exists out there, that perhaps don't need water. Our sciences are based on our small spec of paint, on the canvas of the world, and is very limited.