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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MarmeeMarch · M

If is was a 21 mile long diamond that we can bring to Earth then I am all for the spending - just land that thing near the beach and I will pick at it and be rich --- or would I ?

AndrewtheAlu · M

@MarmeeMarch 😂 that’d be pretty cool though. Maybe asteroid mining will be a thing eventually

kentex35 · 100+, M

@MarmeeMarch I suspect the market might be a little saturated.

MarmeeMarch · M

@kentex35 I could make something out of it then

kentex35 · 100+, M

@MarmeeMarch coasters ashtrays. You could print made in mars. No one could prove it