Imagine sending out a $700m spacecraft only for it to send back a 21-mile galactic snowman 13 years later

Ultima Thule, more like ultimate fools!
I’m joking, this is actually pretty cool.

This is Ultima Thule, a 21-mile long rock 4.1 billion miles from Earth, the most distant object ever to be visited up close by humans.

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TrashCat · M

That picture is worth more than a million starving children! Wowsers!

kentex35 · 100+, M

@TrashCat well that sure took the chuckle out of it.. guilt sets in.

TrashCat · M

@kentex35 I sure didn't mean to be a buzzkill. Maybe I should have said that we could use that money to arm every US citizen? I like that idea

kentex35 · 100+, M

@TrashCat oh yeah. I feel sorry for those that just gotta have that assault rifle today. Not next week but now. All the good deer are being slaughtered as we speak

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@TrashCat The New Horizons mission cost 700 million.

The American government retains many old schools, firehouses, and offices, that aren’t being used anymore. The annual cost of those vacant and derelict buildings is around 1.7 [i]billion[/i] dollars.

TrashCat · M

@newjaninev2 Well let's sell that stuff off. If we're not using it
We could give that $1.7billion to trump so he can put up his curtains or we can give it to the VA so they can improve care for our Veterans. It's all good to me