@EUCommission
"Have your say"? LOL! Sounds like something a king would say to his subjects.
A couple observations:
• "or others will decide for you" is ironic if you think of it. We are indeed voting for others who will decide for us.
• "Democracy starts with YOU" + "PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY in decision making processes" is what real democracy is. Referendums are such, but are scary.
→ Despite all that, the EU representative system works miracles, compared to any existing alternative.
@ruthpozuelo@EUCommission
A direct democratic process could be mandatory, yes, since individuals bear responsibility for their own decisions. But an individual cannot be held accountable for what a representative does for the next 4 years, especially since those representatives cannot be recalled, if they fail to deliver on their promises and can misuse the trust invested in them.
There is a difference between a representative and a delegate. The use of prepositions in Greek is telling:
LOL! Sorry (not really) to be a party pooper, but are we supposed to cheer for #SpaceX each and every time they test a rocket? Whether it explodes on the launch pad, in mid-air, upon re-entry or upon landing? Have we done so with other tests? Like with NASA's tests, which are paid for directly by the taxpayer?
No, we haven't. So then, wake me up when the tests are done with and a usable rocket can fly and transport cargo and people safely to somewhere.
@ottaross
I've done tests professionally, extended in scope and time, also other risky stuff, maybe "heroic" too (definitely heroic, by today's ridiculous use of the word) a couple of times. No one cheered, I was just doing my job. In fact, I'd be very suspicious if someone did cheer; either they'd have no clue about the job, or they'd have not done their own part as they should, and cheered for those who did.
We'd congratulate each other for a successful test, and then go for the real thing.
@krystman
Did I miss it? I didn't see anyone cheering in there during those 3 hours, except maybe for the commentator who did it silently, and NASA definitely didn't gather a crowd to cheer.
This flat terrain reminds me of the race around north Seitah, where we saw #Perseverance driving in excess of 200m and even 250m almost every sol, on its way to the Three Forks area.
Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.5844
Sol 1170, LMST: 14:39:14
Looter Lord Elgin presented an Italian "translation" of a fictional Ottoman firman, the original of which no one ever saw or had otherwise knowledge of, then ripped off the #ParthenonSculptures, sawing some in his haste, and moved them to England, where they were scraped clean of the ancient colors that still remained on the marbles.
Turkiye's statement that they "are not aware of any document that legitimizes that «purchase» done by coloni[al] #UK back at that time"
The temple was first destroyed by Theodosius' bigoted Christians in the 4th c CE, then by Venusian Francesco Morosini in the 17th c, who described his vandalism as "a fortunate shot" and went on smashing sculptures from the pediment in his attempt to loot the Acropolis, and then in the early 19th c by Lord Elgin, who stole about half of the sculptures that had survived 2000 years on the Sacred Rock.
@PaulHammond51
The odds are better for a Martian Crow to flyby the heli and say "caw-caw" than they are for the rover to cross the sand field and say "cling-cling" 🥴
On Sol 1168 the rover moved to RMC 52.5032 across the ancient riverbed and stopped a few meters away from a light colored layer of rock at the foot of the northern bank, which appears to be the same layer with that of Bright Angel.
¹"the bacon strip": unofficial name for a light colored layer of rock back at the Three Forks area.
The HiRISE/USGS imagery has been imported into QGIS and since forgotten. I'm not fiddling with the rest of the imagery any more, though I used to do that earlier in this mission.
"Space economy" seems to have real impact on the way NASA engages with the public. I've spent a lot of time creating workflows with their data, e.g. for the #MarsWeather reports, LA, etc, but they're now discontinuing services while the mission is still active. That's not very encouraging.
Soon the telescope platform at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile will look very different at night: all four of the 8.2 m telescopes of the VLT will be equipped with lasers! This is one of the ongoing upgrades of the GRAVITY+ instrument, which will allow us to study black holes, stars and planets like never before.