Mars Helicopter Does CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!

[Althea]

Hello Althea,



And I suppose Lincoln should have suspended construction work on the Capitol Dome when the Civil War broke out. Many thought he should. But he said no, the work must go on. His words: "If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on."

Is this a sign that we're about to invade Mars?

[Cypress]

I am. I am saying that I have noticed a general lack of interest in this mars mission.

What do you see?

^ I see a poster who probably does not have the slightest interest in space exploration, theoretical physics, evolutionary biology.

[Althea]

^ I see a poster who probably does not have the slightest interest in space exploration, theoretical physics, evolutionary biology.

There was once a time when the middle class could earn a good wage, support a family, and pay their taxes. The wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, and there was money for scientific experiment. I just question the combination of lower revenue and increased spending on this program? The nation is crumbling around us. It could certainly be argued that many of our advancements in society have come from the space program.

I think we forgot about the basics, though.

[Cypress]

There was once a time when the middle class could earn a good wage, support a family, and pay their taxes. The wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, and there was money for scientific experiment. I just question the combination of lower revenue and increased spending on this program? The nation is crumbling around us. It could certainly be argued that many of our advancements in society have come from the space program.

I think we forgot about the basics, though.

In my opinion, the developed world has more than enough money for universal healthcare, public retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and foreign aid to developing countries as well as for particle accelerators, public art museums, space exploration.

What is lacking is political will.

[Hawkeye10]

^ I see a poster who probably does not have the slightest interest in space exploration, theoretical physics, evolutionary biology.

Be useful please, which Austin Powers movie is the most fun?

I am tasked with finding tonights flix.

We are having ribs.

And cornbread.

tyvm

[PoliTalker]

Hello Althea,

There was once a time when the middle class could earn a good wage, support a family, and pay their taxes. The wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, and there was money for scientific experiment. I just question the combination of lower revenue and increased spending on this program? The nation is crumbling around us. It could certainly be argued that many of our advancements in society have come from the space program.

I think we forgot about the basics, though.

Selfish Republicans refuse to balance the budget. They always want to cut taxes, and they claim it will pay for itself, but it never does. Trump ran the debt sky high, and he left us in a perpetual negative unbalanced budget situation. If we want to get control of the federal budget, and we should, taxes will have to be raised on the rich.

[Yakuda]

When we see what incredible things that we can do,
that makes not being able to do things that should be much easier to do
all the more frustrating.

Like people with penises are male and those with vaginas are female? Like that?

[AProudLefty]

Like people with penises are male and those with vaginas are female? Like that?

[Yakuda]

Hello Althea,



Selfish Republicans refuse to balance the budget. They always want to cut taxes, and they claim it will pay for itself, but it never does. Trump ran the debt sky high, and he left us in a perpetual negative unbalanced budget situation. If we want to get control of the federal budget, and we should, taxes will have to be raised on the rich.

You realize dont you that there aren't enough "rich" people to tax even at 200% to balance the budget? You people just recycle the same old talking points dont you?

[Doc Dutch]

I hope it will fly tomorrow.

Me too. First Flight on Mars!

[Althea]

Hello Althea,



Selfish Republicans refuse to balance the budget. They always want to cut taxes, and they claim it will pay for itself, but it never does. Trump ran the debt sky high, and he left us in a perpetual negative unbalanced budget situation. If we want to get control of the federal budget, and we should, taxes will have to be raised on the rich.

Agree. They've had a 5 year tax holiday, and have made billions while half of the nation starves due to Covid issues.

A large number of CEOs claimed that a corporate tax hike would make it hard for them to compete on the world stage, make it harder to hire workers, and make it harder to expand their businesses via capital projects.


What bullshit. Taxes are paid on profits after you pay employees, CEOs, and make expenditures for expansion of the business. They wouldn't pay any more in taxes if they gave raises, and did their expansion.

They didn't use the tax giveaway to hike salaries, or create jobs. They promised Congress that they wouldn't do either when they testified before the tax giveaway was passed. The tax giveaway passed anyway.

[PoliTalker]

Hello Althea,

Agree. They've had a 5 year tax holiday, and have made billions while half of the nation starves due to Covid issues.

A large number of CEOs claimed that a corporate tax hike would make it hard for them to compete on the world stage, make it harder to hire workers, and make it harder to expand their businesses via capital projects.


What bullshit. Taxes are paid on profits after you pay employees, CEOs, and make expenditures for expansion of the business. They wouldn't pay any more in taxes if they gave raises, and did their expansion.

They didn't use the tax giveaway to hike salaries, or create jobs. They promised Congress that they wouldn't do either when they testified before the tax giveaway was passed. The tax giveaway passed anyway.

It was no secret what they did with the tax cut windfall. Stock buy-backs!

Job creators, schmob creators.

Buncha selfish crooks!

[Althea]

Hello Althea,



It was no secret what they did with the tax cut windfall. Stock buy-backs!

Job creators, schmob creators.

Buncha selfish crooks!

Can't blame them for accepting a tax giveaway. It's not like they promised Congress that they would give pay raises and hire workers. Quite the contrary.

[evince]

When we see what incredible things that we can do,
that makes not being able to do things that should be much easier to do
all the more frustrating.

See what we can do when we go by merit


Lots of people of color were involved


It’s the epitome of stupid to waste talent and Brains due to skin color

[PoliTalker]

You have to get the software right if you want a soft landing...

Ingenuity helicopter's Mars flight delayed again while NASA updates software

"We'll still have to wait a bit longer to see a helicopter flying around on Mars. NASA has again postponed the Ingenuity Mars helicopter's first experimental flight, which was originally set for Sunday, April 11.

The flight initially got pushed back to no earlier than April 14 due to a safety alert during a high-speed spin test of Ingenuity's rotors on Friday, two days before the scheduled inaugural voyage. Ingenuity's flight control software will get a minor modification and reinstallation, NASA said in a statement Monday, and the agency will set a flight date next week. "