Apr 202022
 

This view of Phobos crossing the face of the sun has been brought to you by western civilization, engineering rigor and a determination to place objective facts over feelings. No other system ever dreamed up by Man could have come anywhere close to letting us see this. or, indeed, even imagining it: Phobos would ahve been forever unknown to mankind if not for western civilization.

The Smithsonian kindly provided a convenient fact sheet to help you make your culture capable of this sort of thing.

 Posted by at 9:14 pm