March 13 - Discovery of Uranus / myLot

Romania

March 13, 2018 3:59am CST

The planet Uranus was discovered accidentally by astronomer William Herschel in 1781. He originally thought he saw a comet at first but after careful study, he realized that he discovered a new planet. Speaking of planets and astronomy, Elon Musk has initiated a project where he will have test flights to Mars as early as 2019. I find it fascinating how quickly technology is advancing. photo credit: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/kids/photos/articles/Space/Q-Z/uranus-planet.jpg

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

13 Mar 18

I wonder why to waste so much money to go to Mars. We are polluting the sky as much as we already polluted the heart with our satellites, space ships and so on.

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Timea

@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

13 Mar 18

I also wonder the same thing but I think it's all about the human ego that just can't be satisfied and always wants more...

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

13 Mar 18

@tzwrites This is possible, but all this money could be better spent trying to save our planet.

Shadi

@Madshadi (8840)

• Brussels, Belgium

13 Mar 18

I heard of another interesting space-related technological advancement that will be launched this year

SpaceX plans to launch first internet-providing satellites in 2019

www.theverge.com

SpaceX has its sights set on Mars, but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten about Earth. Elon Musk’s company yesterday outlined its plan to put a network of internet-providing satellites around our...

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Timea

@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

13 Mar 18

Yep, SpaceX is really developing very fast

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