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Posted 2017-01-01 11:48 AM (#14849 - in reply to #14843)
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Sable Aradia - 2017-01-01 9:45 AM Well, that's cool Weesam, thanks! I'm still not an Uber-User, I'm still learning stuff. I will delete that note about the Admins, then. My first offering for this year is going to be "The Martian." I've been wanting to read that for more than a year. I was watching a chat with former Mythbuster Adam Savage (who has an extremely cool YouTube channel called "Tested" if you want to know what he's doing these days,) Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, and Andy Weir at the aftershow of the premiere of the movie. The audience and Weir himself were asking Hadfield how he did on this or that detail, and aside from the wind issue, which Weir admits was an inaccuracy right from the beginning, Hadfield seemed to think Weir did pretty well. That's a pretty glowing recommendation as far as I'm concerned! I bet you both have probably read it already. But no matter! Speaking of which; HOLY CRAP, NEW SPACE RACE! China announced they're aiming for a Mars mission by the end of the decade (I assume they mean a probe and some sort of lander at this point,) and NASA (and the Canadian Space Agency too; we're working together on this one) has been public about working on a manned mission to Mars for quite some time now. Russia's working on a manned mission at a slightly slower timeline than North America, and the European Space Agency have also made it a goal. And India and Japan sent orbiters (India was successful; Japan was not.) Not to mention the private projects in discussion! We live in exciting times, my friends. Anyway, I'm excited that some fellow nerds want to join me to talk about even nerdier stuff than the nerdy stuff we already talk about on this site (which is pretty nerdy). Thanks!

You're touching on a lot of great stuff in that post!  I'll be brief 'cause the Cowboys are about to kick off.

More Uber User invitations will be coming out with the new site and you and Weesam are already on the shortlist.  We're waiting for the new site because we'll have a new and improved interface that removes a bunch of fiddly bits that are a hassle right now and because I won't be able to keep up with current site maintenance and build the new site with a bunch of eager new Ubers adding data.

Mars is a great book with tons of the science bits you're craving so a good choice there.  The audio version has a great narrator.

Tested is really awesome!

Stoked about China turning this into a new space race!  We need that spur to get the politicians off their arses and push it all forward.

Great challenge too!  I've going at Quartz level -- gotta see what else is coming out before I over-commit myself.  Love the banners you mode for your challenges too!


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