Pluto lover.

>> ^TangledThorns:

I seriously think Tyson is a fraud. He just spews out pointless theories and people think he is brilliant for it. GG Tyson, GG.

>> ^Fletch:

Everything NDT says sounds like the most astounding fact he's ever heard, and that you should be astounded by it too. His meter - every enunciation, accentuation, and pause - sounds affected and I, for some reason, can't stand to listen to him. I've tried. He talks about things I'm interested in and I enjoy reading what he has written (I have "Pluto Files" and "Space Chronicles" on my Kindle), but when he starts talking, it just sounds like he's talking to five year-olds to me.
F ck it, upvote.


I know exactly what you're saying. There's a british version of this and he's called Brian Cox. Every single time he speaks, i feel my skin crawling that he knows that he has to try and manipulate the audience into feeling emotion that they just don't feel.

I subscribe to the principle as well. I agree, the connectedness of the universe is absolutely amazing. When you think about the familiar vs. the unfamiliar, the known vs. the unknown.... we know each other, we know the planet we live on and we feel safe here, but there's an infinite chasm in all directions around us. Sometimes when i consider this i can give myself vertigo.

If i were trapped in a cave with the most fundamental islamist ever, and we didn't know what lay on the other side of the collapsed wall, we'd eventually cooperate and work together to get out, to see what's there. Maybe we find something great out there, or maybe we have to build some defences to make ourselves safer in the cave.

Put us on earth, and we put bombs in each other's homes. The knowledge of how amazing the universe is really does lift you up, places you above all the stupid racism and general jingoism. But you can't fake it or inspire it, you either feel it or you don't.

Having said that, at least they're getting the field of physics more attention, and maybe they might influence some kids whilst they're influence-able.

>> ^Fletch:

Everything NDT says sounds like the most astounding fact he's ever heard, and that you should be astounded by it too. His meter - every enunciation, accentuation, and pause - sounds affected and I, for some reason, can't stand to listen to him. I've tried. He talks about things I'm interested in and I enjoy reading what he has written (I have "Pluto Files" and "Space Chronicles" on my Kindle), but when he starts talking, it just sounds like he's talking to five year-olds to me.
F ck it, upvote.


Maybe it's an act, but I genuinely believe he just really loves what he does. To me, that is fantastic to hear.

Everything NDT says sounds like the most astounding fact he's ever heard, and that you should be astounded by it too. His meter - every enunciation, accentuation, and pause - sounds affected and I, for some reason, can't stand to listen to him. I've tried. He talks about things I'm interested in and I enjoy reading what he has written (I have "Pluto Files" and "Space Chronicles" on my Kindle), but when he starts talking, it just sounds like he's talking to five year-olds to me.

F*ck it, upvote.

>> ^heathen:

It's Pluto all over again! What's next, America isn't really a Democracy?


Well when you look at it there's this really spongy country called the US and this really densely populated country called the UK...

And merry christmas to you and netrunner too!

In reply to this comment by mintbbb:
Yay, thank you! : Merry Christmas!

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
So classic. I watched this as a kid every year. :

*quality *doublepromote

Yay, thank you! Merry Christmas!

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
So classic. I watched this as a kid every year. :

*quality *doublepromote

The whole Pluto thing was not just because of its size but also because of the very excentric way Pluto travels around the sun in comparison to the other planets... but besides that: what seemed to be a clip for children turned out to be pretty informative and entertaining.

Excellent, and the timing is pretty good, got me laughing. Although I STILL don't see my favorite - In the WWII epic "A Bridge Too Far", at the end Sean Connery says "Well, as you know I've always thought that we tried to go a bridge too far..."

Also, what about Pluto Nash? (then again, what ABOUT Pluto Nash?)

Agreed.

And thanks for overlooking any snarkiness in my original comment (it was submitted pre-coffee).
>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^bamdrew:
(Psst)... hey... letting you in on a secret... NASA's not dead.
New bot (Curiosity) launching to Mars later this year; should land Aug. 2012.
Also, Opportunity found a fucking amazing rock just this week; search out that shit if you're interested.
I'm actually very excited by the new direction in manned space exploration... essentially a focus on funding technology development and testing to make near earth orbit commonplace. http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html
>> ^Boise_Lib:
This is a great video.
RIP US space program.


You're absolutely correct. NASA's alive I'm just mad at the politicians.
I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival at Pluto of the Horizon. Last I heard that will be in 2015-16.
I've always said that in order to have a better manned space program--build more robots. Build a bunch of little ones and spread them all over Mars.

>> ^bamdrew:

(Psst)... hey... letting you in on a secret... NASA's not dead.
New bot (Curiosity) launching to Mars later this year; should land Aug. 2012.
Also, Opportunity found a fucking amazing rock just this week; search out that shit if you're interested.
I'm actually very excited by the new direction in manned space exploration... essentially a focus on funding technology development and testing to make near earth orbit commonplace. http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html
>> ^Boise_Lib:
This is a great video.
RIP US space program.



You're absolutely correct. NASA's alive I'm just mad at the politicians.

I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival at Pluto of the Horizon. Last I heard that will be in 2015-16.

I've always said that in order to have a better manned space program--build more robots. Build a bunch of little ones and spread them all over Mars.

This man is a super star. I highly recomend his book 'The Pluto Files', where he got death threats from kindergarden kids, scribbled in crayon, over the demotion of pluto to a dwarf planet. Futher more, in
juxtaposition (in support of the demotion), The following comes from
astro'physicist Howard Brenner:

"F##k pluto, it was a sorry excuse for a planet anyhow, good riddance to bad solar trash, but now that the name is free, why not rename Uranus Pluto and get rid of all that grade school snickering."

Very entertaining book and a nice sift

Thank ye kindly!

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote

Going through your pqueue inspired me to post this:

http://videosift.com/video/To-Pluto-s-Moon-chilling-music-by-My-Brightest-Diamond

You, ma'am, have great taste in music!