With China becoming a serious contender in the human spaceflight business, the US calling for increased exploration of the outer solar system moons, old Atlas V rockets being outfitted to carry people ,the UK backtracking on its decision to cut those pesky astronomers' budgets - one might think that the powers-that-be have seen a certain amount of light and are becoming more willing to spend money on knowledge of our universal environment.
But then you realise that the news about Titan, Saturn's largest moon,being covered in oil has presumably reached their ears, too.
Pic: Googling "Titan oil" brought this picture up so often that I stopped to see what it was.
It's a Titan Oil Tank.
Yeah, these monkeys do love their oil. Not that it will do them any good, once they screw up this life giving planet they won't be here to use it.
ReplyDeleteAnd thinking that they can escape to space is foolish, it's harsh out there.
Well, we will survive, maybe just as bugs again, but we will survive. Pretty cool being in human form with opposing thumbs though.
And the sex is great when we get it right. Well, it's pretty good even when it isn't right.
Is it just my view of it that things in Africa are getting uglier weekly?
ReplyDeleteThings have gotten very ugly in Africa just recently, with the arrival of one President of the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what he wants?
Gold, oil, diamonds or slaves?
But yes-we have more than our fair share of violence.
Greed runs rampant on this continent, along with a public disdain for human (and any) life.
Which is not, of course to say that all Africans are greedy murderous bastards-just that those gravitating to power often are.
Love,
Terri
I agree with you Billy- only I'm not sure we've got as much as 20-30 years.
ReplyDeleteThe fall of civilization may well come much sooner - and a damn good thing, too.
Well, I'll be sitting on a side of a mountain in the spiritual park saying "I told you so."
And then we will start over again. Not sure who will be with me to start over again with, but it will all get worked out.
On the other hand I may die a lonely old man. Whatever.
Hey, any chance that someone there could kill my president while he is there? That would be a good thing.