In 1997 NASA launched the Mars Pathfinder mission, landing a small lander and the first interplanetary rover in what was once the Ares Vallis of Chryse Planitia. The lander was later renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, while the rover, Sojourner, operated for 92 sols before losing power. And for nearly 40 years the sands of Mars would burry these robotic pioneers in dust. When terraforming began in the 2030s, NASA was charged with preserving sites and artifacts on the surface considered to be of special historical or scientific interest. The Pathfinder spacecraft were no exception, and were exhumed by 2037. Carl Sagan Memorial Station would become the site of a permanent scientific instillation that would grow into a network of facilities spread over hundreds of square kilometers. The original settlement would eventually become the city of Sojourner while the network of research bases would form the core of the eventual Sagan Territory established after World War III by President Jacobi. As the once dry Ares Vallis became the thriving Ares Sound, Sagan went from being a relatively underpopulated network of research stations to a top destination of immigrants from Earth. Its research bases became part of the Sagan University System, which remains one of the greatest systems of higher education in the Sol System. While founded as a place of learning, Sagan has become a primarily maritime oriented society, with some of the busiest ports and shipyards on Mars. Most of the population is concentrated around the Bay of Galilaei centered on the city of Tana which bestrides the inlet of the same name. Tana is home to one of the lesser Universities of the SU system, SU Tana, which is really only known for its contributions to the Martian shipbuilding industry. The crown jewel of the SU system is in the capital city of Sojourner, the Sagan Institute of Technology or SIT. It was SIT scientists who first proved the existence of the Graviton in the lab, and has since become one of the most important players in the field of Gravitonics. Thanks to all my Patreon supporters who made this map possible. All my patrons get early access to my projects before they go live. Please subscribe at: patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
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i cant believe connie is a filthy homestuck
hanari-san
EXCUSE YOU
fucking digimon fandom from left field holy shit
u guys realize the sun is a thing right it’s been out for awhile now
its so fucking funny that nuclear waste is such a contentious topic. like yeah those damn nuclear advocates need to figure out somewhere reasonable to put that nuclear waste. for now we will be sticking with coal power because it puts its waste products safe and sound In Our Lungs, where they cannot hurt anybody,
you cant just put nuclear waste in the ground it might hurt somebdoy :/ put it in the air that everyone breathes like a responsible power source :/
hi everyone in the notes missing the point: opposing nuclear power de facto means supporting oil and coal. the status quo is not neutral. right now across the world nuclear plants are closing and new coal plants are being built—and if you are concerned with harm to indigenous peoples it is the latter that should fucking alarm you! countering ‘nuclear energy is a source of energy injustice and marginalized groups suffer the downsides most acutely’ to a post about how nuclear energy is less harmful than fossil fuels is like replying ‘but coke is unhealthy’ to a post about how coca cola is better for you than mainlining cyanide—it’s true, but it’s pretty fucking asinine.
tags by @thyrell
okay one more reblog to say that everyone in the notes who is saying ‘well that’s a false dichotonomy, we don’t need fossil fuels Or nuclear power, we can use renewables’– i cannot think of a way to say this that doesn’t sound condescending, but sometimes the sun isn’t out. and sometimes it’s not windy. often even at the same time. and if your answer to these problems is ‘batteries’, well, if you think nuclear power is bad for indigenous peoples, you’re going to Fucking Lose It when you find out about lithium
my mom purposely overpaid her credit card bill by 1 cent so every month they send her a letter that says they owe her 1 cent and it costs them a dollar to send the letter plus the paper. she is costing corporations money 👍
Yes, but the added environmental cost of mailing a paper letter...
do you think they cut down a whole tree because my mom overpaid one cent. do you think they make one new piece of paper every time they need one
But trucks have to move that paper!
are you not aware that those trucks would be going either way. they aren’t taking another trip for one envelope
hello my name is billy postman, operator of the world's smallest and most environmentally harmful mail truck. it is one envelope big and requires thirty seven gallons of fuel to go one mile. (I personally am about one and a half envelopes big) my beloved truck is very slow and very loud and I hate both flora and fauna so so so much. I love corporations though
they should invent a new constellation and call it the big sniffer
what would it look like
like this maybe
disappearing like the roanoke colonists but carving "I NEED A FAT BITCH" into a tree instead of "CROATOAN"
my number one woman behavior is saying i’m fine with any pronouns and silently ranking people in my regard based on what they do with that information
This is George Costanza behavior
GEORGE, at a function: Pronouns? Oh, you know, anything. Anything fine. It’s the twenty-first century, right?
-Cut, establishing shot of Jerry’s apartment, bass riff.-
GEORGE: He/him, Jerry!
JERRY: No, they just him’d you?
GEORGE: HE. HIM! I gave them a BUFFET, and they went for plain white bread. Genders as far as the eye could see! Something with an X in it!
JERRY: The X ones are fun…
GEORGE: If they can’t appreciate a good xie or ey… Then that’s it. I’m swearing off pronouns for good. No more pronouns for George Costanza!
JERRY: No pronouns?
GEORGE: No pronouns.
JERRY: No-nouns?
GEORGE: No-nouns.
JERRY: Alright, well, if that’s what you want…
GEORGE: Oh, it is! I’m living the pronoun-free life, starting now. The buffet is CLOSED, Jerry. From here on out I am George and only George!
-George storms out of the apartment and into the hallway. Enter Elaine, baffled and unaware of the conversation that just took place.-
ELAINE: What’s his problem?
-Muffled screaming is heard from the hallway.-
they’re called. th. they’re called responsibilities bechause theyh keep fucking respawnjng
We know that Facebook is brainscorching your parents and tiktok is brainscorching your cousins, but some of you refuse to admit that you got your brain scorched here. However unlike those sites there isn't an algorithm here you just make bad choices.