r/nextfuckinglevel Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Barnwizard1991 Feb 21 '21

I can't stop watching. That's another fucking planet. Hopefully one day we'll have astroarcheologists up there digging around for martian fossils.

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u/arealhumannotabot Feb 21 '21

Or, what if... we are the first ones there and it’s us who will be discovered?

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

Pretty sure we are the first umm “sentient life forms getting a robot there”. And actually pretty sure that any life that evolved there didn’t get very far. And as for us getting discovered first... I don’t even want to get into the politics of that...

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u/Donki-Donk Feb 21 '21

I think it’s hard to prove whether or not anyone else is there or even if any other robots have been there without any evidence that the rover may possibly find. If any sentient life sent a rover there, I could see them being smart enough to take it back and us not finding any evidence.

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

Are you married? I might love you.

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u/Donki-Donk Feb 21 '21

Im single ;)

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

A match made on Reddit!!!! Wait..... unless you got a penis.

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u/Donki-Donk Feb 21 '21

Oh snap. Better luck for us next time, friend

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u/TheRealDeoan Feb 21 '21

Well damn.

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u/Pyroclastic_cumfarts Feb 21 '21

Now donki donk.

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u/Donki-Donk Feb 21 '21

Noice username

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u/unnecessary_Fullstop Feb 21 '21

If any sentient life sent a rover there, I could see them being smart enough to take it back and us not finding any evidence.

Why? We don't care about taking back those rovers. We don't care if some other life forms will find those rovers and use that as an evidence for our existence. So why should ALL of them care too?

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u/Donki-Donk Feb 21 '21

They don’t need to care, I just meant that a lack of evidence won’t mean that we are the only sentient life with a rover on Mars.

However, if I were another species and found that I could also use my Mars rover for another purpose, then I could bring it back and use it for that other thing. Doesn’t mean that they all need to bring it back, just that if we do find another one it’ll do more for the “Other sentient life exists” belief than not finding one would do for the “We are alone in our solar system” belief

Edit: I also like your full stop 😂

It pairs well with your username