August 9, 2012
theatlantic: How Much It Costs to Throw an Olympics vs. Go to Mars  [Image: Forbes; NYTimes] The only difference is companies like McDonald’s profit way more than they could going to Mars so Olympics will happen every four years (and if they could make it happen more often they probably would)  #greed 

theatlantic:

How Much It Costs to Throw an Olympics vs. Go to Mars 

[Image: Forbes; NYTimes]

The only difference is companies like McDonald’s profit way more than they could going to Mars so Olympics will happen every four years (and if they could make it happen more often they probably would) 

#greed 

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August 6, 2012
"‎”Tonight, on the planet Mars, the United States of America made history. I congratulate and thank all the men and women of NASA who made this remarkable accomplishment a reality."

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President Obama 

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August 3, 2012

nslayton:

confusedliz:

chels:

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets about what the Olympics would be like on Mars, doing the best coverage of the games so far. 

THANKS NEIL

Neil deGrasse Tyson: making cool things even cooler.

He really is a bad mama jamma 

(via theatlantic)

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