Okay, so my airing of grievances post had some issues.

So, lets swap it up:

What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

  • porcoesphino@mander.xyzOP
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    The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It might not launch in the year but after it does launch we should see some new exoplanets and we might get some new information about dark energy. Since it’s scanning the sky we might see some interesting transient events

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      I’m always looking forward to new telescopes! With the way this disgusting excuse of an administration is going though I’m always afraid for the future of all remaining telescopes…

      Gotta free up that budget to cut more billionaires taxes and throw more money at the military ya know?

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        Like the VIPER moon rover? Completely built but cancelled. And a bit hard to square with wanting to put boots on the moon since the mission according to Wikipedia was:

        The rover would be tasked with prospecting for lunar resources in permanently shadowed areas of lunar south pole region, especially by mapping the distribution and concentration of water ice.

        I guess that’s pretty small compared to things like the National Center for Atmospheric Research being dismantled. Actually, its a pretty long list