The game dropped the ball with just about every character:

But the article made a statement about all men. Why, in your brain, is it a somehow invalid or pathetic response to criticise a blanket statement?

I’m kinda really into this Franklin expedition, and I would like to totally vouch for this weird and awesome book and all the amazing work Simmons put into it. Heads up it’s horror fiction, not factual or based on a real theory of what happened, but the amount of research is amazing, and the book is beautifullying…

I’m not sure how much he revolutionized, but David Brin informed a lot about how I understand science-fiction, and Startide Rising is a great example of future-minded science fiction that has very little exposure. I count among my absolute favorites in the genre. I suppose I wish that the book had revolutionized more.

This guy.

I feel completely in awe and very small at the same time.

I always enjoy good shipping container construction/architecture.

How about we start with a permanent base and rotating staff for a research station/telescope? The far side of the moon is tectonically stable and shielded from all our noisy radio waves, making it perfect for a large telescope. IIRC, we already have 3D printers in testing that print using regolith as a material, and I…

Since this is a European headed mission, and I am of Irish descent, I hereby nominate myself to become the mission designated village drunk. I know it’s a difficult responsibility and there will be incredible risks, but I feel I and my liver are up to it.

The Americans are looking to go to Mars very soon – and I don’t see how we can do that – before going to Mars we should test what we could do on Mars on the Moon.

I have been waiting for this since 1997, honestly. The ridiculousness of the SE ending got to me as a kid. Why were people celebrating on Tatooine, anyway? They still live under the harsh thumb of the hutts on the worst planet in the galaxy, far from proper imperial control. So the idea of these celebrations coming to…

It’s like...the opposite of the Bechdel test.

I think the Sleeper Service is actually the fastest Culture vessel in that Universe.

You uncultured philistines! How did the great GCV So Much For Subtlety not make the list

I didn’t see The Lying Bastard in that list.

Just remember to bring the sign with you:

Agreed. If someone comes out and says “we’ve got a warp drive” I am in no way responsible for my actions to follow.

And they’re still going to run interferometer tests to see if it creates a warp field, which if that checks out, this will be the holy grail. This will give us the stars. If confirmed, i reserve the right to go absolutely batshit insane with glee.

Even if the warp part doesn’t check out, it may not have given us the…