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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Even if it landed correctly, why would they plan a solar powered mission to the moon when our next lunar eclipse is in like 5 days?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

We have uranium in our tap water here. As long as it remains less that 43 parts per million, they consider it 'safe'. With hundreds of millions of dollars to throw around, it can't be all that difficult to filter enough uranium out for the energy for a two week mission.

And it was a private spacecraft, not made by NASA (although it carried some of their sensors and equipment).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't know how nuclear power works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not directly, no. But my late father was a nuclear reactor cooling technician, I did learn quite a bit more than the average person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago