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[kaian-a-coel]

the problem with the moon is that it's mostly dust, and nasty dust at that. Ice is an easier target (that's what I understood at least).
Plus, we brought back stuff from the moon, while to my knowledge nothing ever landed on Europa.

As for mars there's a rover planned, Exomars, which will have a drill on it to dig like 20 centimeters under the surface (curiosity only did 2 or 3 I believe).

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Don't doubt the power of lithobreaking. Many great people throughout history have used it, even Neil Armstrong himself!

[Sheb]

Exomars is supposed to dig a full 2m.

[10ebbor10]

At least, that was the original plan. I don't know what they're planning now, as they had to reorganize the entire mission after NASA cancelled participation. Though I doubt they'd cancel such an important part of the design.

Also, fun fact, the ExoMars rover is almost fully automated.

[10ebbor10]

Doublepost, but...

The End is near. Sun will flip upside down as magnetic fields change polarity. Electromagnetic storms to scour the Earth. All electronic devices will fail.

Also, decent chance of Aurora's


_{Content of post might be dramatized.}

[Sheb]

And the world will end, just like it did... 11 years ago.

[10ebbor10]

In less joyous news: Japan is cutting his reduction targets from 25% below 1990% levels to 3% above 1990 levels. Thank you antinuclear activists.

Related to that news. The reactor in Fukushima had sustained damage even before the earthquake. In fact, a single fuel container has been cracked since it was incorrectly handled, in 1982. Several more were damaged, but all due to events before the quake. Nothing that dangerous, as the fuel is stored safely in the spent fuel tanks, but still?

[kaian-a-coel]

Exomars is supposed to dig a full 2m.

my bad

[Sirus]

Exomars is supposed to dig a full 2m.

Let's hope they remember to properly sterilize the drill bit this time, amirite? Otherwise that's two meters of drill they might not get to use.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Curiosity's drill might actually be perfectly sterile, the problem is that we have no way to confirm it wasn't contaminated by the incident.

[Gentlefish]

The... Noodle Incident?

[Loud Whispers]

"Computational knowledge. Symbolic programming. Algorithm automation. Dynamic interactivity. Natural language. Computable documents. The cloud. Connected devices. Symbolic ontology. Algorithm discovery. These are all things we’ve been energetically working on—mostly for years—in the context of Wolfram|Alpha, Mathematica, CDF and so on.

But recently something amazing has happened. We’ve figured out how to take all these threads, and all the technology we’ve built, to create something at a whole different level. The power of what is emerging continues to surprise me. But already I think it’s clear that it’s going to be profoundly important in the technological world, and beyond."
DO I LOVE SMART PEOPLE OR WHAT?

[Il Palazzo]

DO I LOVE SMART PEOPLE OR WHAT?

I wish Stephen had a more interesting surname. Like Toddler, or Brzęczyszczykiewicz, or Skynet. Or even Smith. Then he could name all his inventions accordingly. Skynet Alpha would be so much more fun to use, and each new version release would be at least slightly thrilling.

[Descan]

What are you talking about? Wolfram is a fucking awesome name. Wolf Ram. Ramming you with wolves. A wolf/ram hybrid. Come on, it's metal as fuck.

[Dutchling]

Wolfram is pretty interesting.