{"id":509,"date":"2012-08-06T13:09:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/?p=509"},"modified":"2012-08-06T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:14:03","slug":"i-dont-have-anything-to-say-about-the-mars-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2012\/08\/06\/i-dont-have-anything-to-say-about-the-mars-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t have anything to say about the Mars landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>that&#8217;s anywhere near as good as <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2012\/08\/06\/mars-orbiter-catches-pic-of-curiosity-on-its-way-down\/\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2012\/08\/673736main_PIA15978-full_full1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-513\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2012\/08\/673736main_PIA15978-full_full1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2012\/08\/673736main_PIA15978-full_full1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2012\/08\/673736main_PIA15978-full_full1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2012\/08\/673736main_PIA15978-full_full1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The news these days is filled with polarization, with hate, with fear, with ignorance. But while these feelings are a part of us, and always will be, they neither dominate nor define us. Not if we don\u2019t let them. When we reach, when we explore, when we\u2019re curious \u2013 that\u2019s when we\u2019re at our best. We can learn about the world around us, the Universe around us. It doesn\u2019t divide us, or separate us, or create artificial and wholly made-up barriers between us. As we saw on Twitter, at New York Times Square where hundreds of people watched the landing live, and all over the world: science and exploration bind us together. Science makes the world a better place, and it makes us better people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This definitely i<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ihpNNBmJypE\">ncreases the awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 5 Awesome Things About the Webb Telescope\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ihpNNBmJypE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that&#8217;s anywhere near as good as this. &nbsp; &nbsp; The news these days is filled with polarization, with hate, with fear, with ignorance. But while these feelings are a part of us, and always will be, they neither dominate nor define us. Not if we don\u2019t let them. When we reach, when we explore, when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2012\/08\/06\/i-dont-have-anything-to-say-about-the-mars-landing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I don&#8217;t have anything to say about the Mars landing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}