The NASA InSight lander’s arrival on the surface of Mars has Neil deGrasse Tyson using that to send a message to those who dare question alarming predictions about what man-made climate change could bring:
Scientists & engineers launched “InSight” from Earth (a moving platform) across 300million miles to arrive where Mars (a moving target) will be seven months later, landing safely to do geophysics at the Martian equator. And you have a problem listening to us about climate change? pic.twitter.com/a6gx3jmM2z
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 29, 2018
Yeah, as you might have guessed, people have thoughts on that:
"Scientists and engineers are infallible" is a pretty unscientific argument pic.twitter.com/1j62jq2mKf
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) November 29, 2018
That and so much more:
Different scientists Neil
— Erick Brockway (@erickbrockway) November 29, 2018
Anyone who actually cares about science and climate change should be telling their side to stop making these moronic "science is fungible" arguments. https://t.co/uWFVJRFgG7
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) November 29, 2018
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— Stephen Eckhardt (@seckhardt) November 29, 2018
When a team of climate scientists land a rover on Mars I'll take your stupid comment seriously. https://t.co/DYHETyMyzO
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 29, 2018
You can't get the 7-day local weather forecast right, genius. https://t.co/Cm5kiqbTYz
— jd mullane ☮️ (@jdmullane) November 29, 2018
Tyson should reconsider that approach, lest someone find an example of a time a space endeavor failed and use that as evidence “scientists” can get things wrong.
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