xkcd #2978: Stranded

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• sundray@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reminds me of the old Niven stories about asteroid belt-miners, who disdainfully referred to being on the surface of a planet as being at “the bottom of a hole.”

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People often ask about colonizing Mars. And I always think, sure I guess you could, but why? Once you’ve made it to orbit, make the most of it, why put yourself down at the bottom of a gravity well? Just colonize orbit, asteroids, or small moons.

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    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Humans are very picky. Must have certain amount of gravity, need to see green stuff, can’t handle radiation etc. it’s is if they were built to be on a specific planet and nowhere else.

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    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Given the means to process, refine and build in zero g, I’d love to have my own asteroid.

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• Solitaire20X6@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rorschach: lifts mask, scratches ear

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• HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I dunno. I heard they only brought one set of clothes, and they have to wear those clothes until February without being able to wash them.

  Doesn’t sound pleasant.

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  • DasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The fact that the initial mission duration was 8 days makes it unlikely this is true, and with multiple cargo missions since then (for example two already this August), it is even more unlikely they wouldn’t have received a new set of clothes by now.

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  • ladicius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Spaceships stink. Common trope in sci-fi.

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wonder how much willpower they have

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