Big news from a few minutes ago in the world of space exploration as the European Space Agency (ESA) just landed a robotic probe on a comet:
TOUCHDOWN for @Philae2014! #CometLanding pic.twitter.com/ZMBeB8ng3h
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014
RT @esaoperations: RECEIPT OF SIGNAL FROM SURFACE. receiving signals from @Philae2014 on surface of comet #67P/CG #cometlanding
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014
Well done my friend! RT @Philae2014: Touchdown! My new address: 67P! #CometLanding
— ESA Rosetta Mission (@ESA_Rosetta) November 12, 2014
Touchdown! For the first time in history, humans have landed a craft on a coment http://t.co/P4UpZDue2B pic.twitter.com/LMV1w1sWun
— National Post (@nationalpost) November 12, 2014
Now, this really is exciting news overall, but what are the implications of this breakthrough on gender and race inequality in the sciences?
Andrew Stiles of the Free Beacon notes a disturbing sight from the live-feed of mission control:
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesUSA/status/532567767845974016
Now, Stiles is of course being sarcastic and pointing out that the Left needs to make everything about gender and race inequality, but some of his readers weren’t so sure:
https://twitter.com/bcpuckett4713/status/532568605670395904
@AndrewStilesUSA @redsteeze Not sure if serious…
— Moist (@OneSwellFooper) November 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/welldoneson/status/532571433235668992
https://twitter.com/RobbbsTweets/status/532570477542522880
Oh, come on people. You really think he’s serious? Sheesh.
Editor’s note: A tweet inadvertently added to this post was removed.
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