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u/Vulnerable_Idiot [MOD] · 32y
Spacex is doing a massive deal w/ NASA per Reuters (source)
A new article from Timothy Whitehall at Reuters confirms that...

u/absorbedrevelry199 · 32y
Happy birthday Perserverance!!
Exactly ten years ago, the little rover that could landed…

u/IcyMoons · 32y
ASK AN ASTROPHYSICIST MEGATHREAD VOL 4
It's the one you've all been waiting for! Please no doxxing t…

u/rosberg1067 [MOD] · 32y
NASA will make a joint announcement later tonight (source)
apnews.com/article/nasa-announces-research-finding-state-press
Any ideas? According to the article, it's a "finding discovered and confirmed in tandem with Roscosmos, CNSA, and 12 other space organizations." Says it's "relevant to both science enthusiasts and the general population."

u/TheEconom1st  · 32y
They're increasing taxes for NASA use. Typical.

u/luvrgirl10  · 32y
girl do you know how taxes work

u/MediaFiend · 32y
Hopefully something cool! Maybe some countrywide initiative? I don't know why they feel the need to say it's relevant to the gen pop. Usually if there's something major going on in space even people who aren't nerdy about it are pretty interested. I guess we'll find out later.

u/Landry_Luncheon_3· 32y
I have a friend at JPL who texted me and told me I absolutely needed to watch it without my kids. I asked him what he knew and he wouldn't tell me.

u/17479108108334444444 · 32y
we're all gonna die #watchthisspace

u/rosberg1067 [MOD] · 32y
Not hating or judging but you do say this on, like, every post on the subreddit. Take a breather. As the kids say, maybe touch grass?

u/rosberg1067 [MOD] · 32y
We are all going to die (SOURCE)
Guys I don't even know what to say

u/puffpiecepeaceout · 32y
THE SUN IS DIMMING EXPONENTIALLY; 30 YEARS TO ICE AGE (NYT, AP, REUTERS, SNOPES, GUARDIAN, TUMBLR, YIKYAK, JEREMY RENNER APP)
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u/rectangular_clothing · 32y
Does anyone on this subreddit know anything more about this??? Surely the scientists involved are nerdy enough to be on here.
anyone from ANY space company that can tell us anything? is this a solvable issue??

u/iloveshrooms111 · 32y
we are so fucking cooked you guys
goodbye cruel world

u/AbsorbingSnark0987 · 32y
NASA: You have 30 years left to live me: *dabs* 😂😂😂😂😂
Upvote If You Agree 😂😂😂😂

u/ImmaculateRadiance · 32y
EVERYONE STOP POSTING CRINGE THIS IS SERIOUS
THIS SUBREDDIT IS FULL OF OLD PEOPLE I HATE YOU A...

u/Vulnerable_Idiot [MOD] · 32y
PETROVA PROBLEM CONTAINMENT THREAD
Citizens of r/space,
we realize that this is a shocking and tragic announcement. For many of us, a beloved hobby, passion, or job has suddenly been tainted with fear and mistrust. For now, we are creating this megathread for all discussion of the Petrova line and related issues. Please refrain from posting about it in the main subreddit.

u/Vulnerable_Idiot [MOD] OP · 32y
Okay actually scratch that. We're making a new subreddit. r/PetrovaProblem

r/PetrovaProblem · 1,098 monthly visitors

u/whisperedexamination_18 · 32y
ArcLight probe data coming back in a few days!
You can livestream their findings here, here, and here.

u/GoliathCommune1 · 32y
Ice Age Prepping Tips (crossposted to r/survivalist and r/pronatalism)
rule #1: NO CONDOMS. rule #2: CAMPBELL'S SOUP. rule #3: GOLD BARS. Now let's talk childcare. Thirteen to sixteen children is best but if...

u/anna-artteacher · 32y
Hosting a live watch party with some of my teacher colleagues – any other MS teachers in the sub?
We're all getting together to see what the findings are and discuss how we're gonna talk to our kids about it. Hilariously, the only science teacher I invited couldn't make it which...

u/user59633221 · 32y
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u/PookieLord1000 · 32y
Really nice artwork! Love your human ArcLight design. All those tools! 🤤

u/golemma6 [MOD] · 32y
Hi, thank you for your post. This subreddit does not allow NSFW images or writings, even if they are in some way related to the Petrova Problem. We encourage you to post this in r/spacepornbutlikeactually, r/mechakink, or r/xenophilia. Thank you for your cooperation.

u/ds9enjoyer001 · 32y
POSSIBLE ALIEN MICROBES FOUND IN PETROVA LINE (CROSSPOST WITH r/aliens and r/specbio)
I'm…honestly in shock. I've spent so much of my life as a passionate sci-fi fan (currently working as a coordinator for ComicCon), and always wished that we would find aliens in my lifetime. I never imagined it could actually happen. We're not alone in the universe. I know this is an awful situation…but I can't help but feel a little excited. Anyone else?

 u/MadlyFunctional · 32y
I know how you feel 100%.

u/briefadvert4  · 32y
I mean, we basically found algae. I guess it's cool that they exist, but the Fermi paradox is still definitely a consideration. The chances of finding this microbe were incredibly low already; even just speaking mathematically, the chances of finding large alien life, god forbid Intelligent alien life, is simply impossible. We all have to give up on our Star Trek dreams at some point in our lives.

u/PM_ME_500_DOLLARS · 32y
negative nelly over here

u/rocky · 32y
👀

u/spirkyaoi · 32y
I actually reality shift to star trek every night and can confirm Spock exists as do all aliens, including ones we cannot imagine as of yet. They are actually real just not in our universe. Please check your assumptions.

u/ds9enjoyer001 OP · 32y
I know this, obviously. I wasn't trying to imply that we were going to find intelligent life. u/spirkyaoi, can I dm you about this reality shifting thing?

 

r/PetrovaProblem · 87k monthly visitors

u/golemma6 [MOD] · 31y
Happy (or not so happy) birthday to this sub!
Thanks to everyone who's supported us during this year and to every scientist and other professional contributing their knowledge. We're hoping to hear more...

u/iloveliquor800 · 31y
Hard conversations with my kid about the Petrova problem
Me (37M) and my work partner (52M) are raising my child (13F) together and are trying to figure out how best to talk to her about the petrova problem. She's a super smart kid, and...

u/nicemolasses2601 · 31y
When the samples touch down, who looks at them first?
EDIT: okay, it seems like nobody knows. thanks guys!

u/BrennanJPL · 30y
Astrophage research compilation
Hi everybody, I'm a data coordinator at CSA (Canadian space agency, for the non-natives.) I've been given permission by the head of the Petrova Taskforce to share some data that we, NASA, Roscosmos, CNSA, ESA, JAXA, ISRO, and others have compiled. All of this is concerning what we've discovered about the microbes in the Petrova line (yes, they are microbes), as well as more information about the sun's dimming. We're hoping that, by getting more eyes on this, we can learn more. This is being crossposted to r/biology, r/astrophysics, r/space, r/statisticalanalysis, and other subs. You can submit any findings here. Thank you.

u/starzexaggeration670 · 30y
I'm a huge astronomy nerd, and I've been observing Luyten 726-8 (a local star) for nearly seven years now. I've noticed a very slight dimming pattern over those years – I always assumed it was my equipment, or a misreading of the data, but looking at the Sun's dimming chart…I see some similarities.

u/BrennanJPL OP · 30y
Hi, I've been instructed to send you a PM.

u/starzexaggeration670 · 30y
look mom i'm famous! You can never say my hobby is useless!

u/as_the_crow_flies · 30y
does anyone else think the microbe name is dumb as fuck. astrophage. lol

u/2highfalutin4u · 30y
it sounds like a lube name. whoever came up with that definitely has sex like all the time for sure. and definitely loves it and is commonly known for enjoying sex. they're probably comfortable talking about it and everything. just a huge enjoyer of normal human straight vanilla sex.

u/as_the_crow_flies · 30y
??????

u/IcyMoons · 30y
This is a great idea – plenty of us here on the sub are professionals – but super unconventional. I don't know if I've ever heard of a intergovernment agency providing data to the public like this.

u/SlimVindication · 30y
What exactly is the Petrova Taskforce? We hear it spoken about on the news, but I feel like all we know is just that it's "being created to deal with the problem."

u/absorbedrevelry199 · 30y
Bigger question: who's running it? I can't imagine that much power being invested into anybody. I get the sense that this "taskforce" nonsense is just some puff piece they're telling the public while they panic and try to figure out what the hell they're doing.

u/imagerylala [MOD] · 30y
[PINNED] Meet the head of the Petrova Taskforce: Eva Stratt
The UN just announced the name of who they've put in charge of the Petrova Taskforce. From ProPublica: "Eva Stratt, Dutch/German national, has a BA in history from the University of Heidelberg and a masters in communications from McGill University, where she learned English. She was a midlevel administrator at ESA and is now the organizer and administrator of the entire Petrova Taskforce and all of the projects/agencies contained within that umbrella. She has no active social media presence and little information about her is known." A former colleague went on record for The Telegraph saying: "Yeah, I get why they picked her."

I'm honestly not sure how to feel about this.

u/liminality · 30y
Hot take, but it's actually good we don't know much about her. If it was a public figure they would be subject to much more corporate/political sway and also could be affected by public opinion. Imagine if it was Elon Musk or something, LOL

u/Landry_Luncheon_3 · 30y
I worked with her briefly at ESA. This will not happen.

u/liminality · 30y
Oh? What's she like? You imply she's unbiased…what else is there to her?

u/Landry_Luncheon_3 · 30y
I think it's wrong of me to speak about someone who can't speak for herself. All I will say is that I have full confidence in her to accomplish this task. If there is anyone in the world who can direct this project it is her.

u/liminality · 30y
Damn! How long did you guys work together?

u/Landry_Luncheon_3 · 30y
Three months.

u/loosecertainty · 30y
u would genuinely have to be insane to agree to this job what the hell

u/DamperBeaver45 · 30y
I feel like this isn't a "agree" type of situation. if someone – multiple leaders of nations – put their trust in you to essentially save the world or at least mitigate damage to it, you'd have to be insane to say no.

u/loosecertainty · 30y
I would say no tbh

u/FakeStrawmanGuy· 30y
It is ridiculous to bring in a young unexperienced woman to do work that should be accomplished by world leaders. This Eva girl should at the very least be strictly monitored and forced to run any and all decisions to the UN committee as a whole– as well as any investors in the project.

u/golemma6 [MOD] · 30y
I don't like your tone.

u/CamperVamper · 30y
I know she ran the office conferences like the fucking navy omg. I trust her #believewomen

u/auholiaholly · 30y
about what????

u/iloveshrooms111 · 29y
Had a premonition last night about the petrova taskforce
hey guys, have to share this here. last night I had a premonition about the scope of the petrova problem. I realized that because astrophage are aliens, we need more aliens to stop the aliens. in this premonition, I met a struggling single mother at a gas station outside Waco. After closer inspection, it turned out that she was actually an amalgamation of amoeba that contained the answer to the petrova problem. she was in the shape of a person in order to deliver the message to me that only after we all come together will we defeat this evil. however she told me that in order to make pangea again, the ultimate goal for all entities on this earth, we must sacrifice one landmass. I asked her which one and she kissed me gently on both cheeks and floated up into the sky. she gave me a bikini kill tshirt, which I then put on. it looked like a crop top. it actually looked really good on me. I stared at myself in the bathroom mirror and wondered, "am I a woman?" I had previously shut down this part of myself but now realize that the astrophage are actually representative of the dissolving of the gender binary. in the future we will all be hermaphrodites and in order to begin this transition we must reconstitute pangea (which, in dividing the planet, creates divides of gender – we cannot have more than one sex if we only have one land to share) and begin consuming astrophage. just wanted to share with you guys, and if any of you are working on the project currently I would appreciate it if you could send this up the chain of command. of course I'm not expecting Eva Stratt or anything to see it, but I think it's really worth someone like Ryland Grace or Dmitri Komorov hearing. thanks.

u/bitterlyrashstamina · 29y
just hootin and hollerin

u/TheUnluckyCatfish · 29y
please, reddit user "iloveshrooms111," tell us more about your visions

u/jojosiwas1 · 29y
who is ryland grace?

u/liminality [MOD] · 29y
Head science officer for the taskforce!

u/jojosiwas1 · 29y
he lowkey looks like ryan gosling

u/liminality [MOD] · 29y
I don't see it.

u/OriginalTaker · 29y
hey OP, did you perchance consume any sort of substance before having this premonition?

u/iloveshrooms111 OP · 29y
yeah I tried ayahuasca! which, facsinatingly, was the name of the woman I met at the gas station

u/worldofdais3 · 29y
congratulations on your transition op! #bewhoyouare

u/rocky · 29y
👀

u/RighteousPopcorn · 29y
ayahuasca would be a beautiful name for a girl

u/imagerylala [MOD] · 29y
"Project Hail Mary" announced
Well, folks, looks like we finally know what they plan to do to figure out the problem… (source)

u/usabletyrant_8 · 29y
there's no way this works. what a waste of money and time.

u/imagerylala OP · 29y
I mean… I guess I don't see an alternative.

u/usabletyrant_8 · 29y
I don't either but surely this isn't the only idea they had. like cmon.

u/ghastlybastion · 29y
Shouldn't they be focusing on stockpiling food and creating shelters that will protect the population? Although I suppose that'll only delay the inevitable.

u/wheezingwhale · 29y
Wow…this plan? Not so hot.

They have the perfect combination of smarts, resources, and community engagement but they still can't come up with a plan that's both safe and effective. It's not just incompetency– it's endangerment.

Here are a few ideas for how else to solve your problem:

• Greenhouses – building giant, climate-controlled greenhouses would let farmers grow food even when the weather gets bad. No Sun? No problem. 😎

• Heat Lamps – If every building were to recieve a heat lamp large enough to provide warmth equivalent to the Sun's rays, the problem could be stopped before it even begins. 🔥

• Population Control – while controversial, methods such as sterilization and humane euthanization have worked in the past to control populations in the wake of tragedy. Thomas Malthus, one of the great English writers and economists, wrote extensively about this. It may be time to pick up his teachings! 🍎

Those are a few ideas on how to solve the Earth's cooling. Let me know if I can help you with any other questions! ✨

u/mralister · 29y
fork found in kitchen

u/MadlyFunctional · 29y
it's mostly just impressive that they found out about the star not dimming in the first place. that's something we could've easily missed. the real question is what the hell are we going to do for the 30-odd years until the ship's data comes back? I'm in my 40s, so I'll be an old man, but my kids...

u/larsandtherealsquirrel · 29y
bruh i'm quitting math team I don't wanna go to college

u/MadlyFunctional · 29y
I absolutely did not say or condone that. Please go to college if you were planning on going to college.

u/catheterluvr · 29y
on the bright side, u/larsandtherealsquirrel, there'll be lots of job growth in the "running around in hamster wheels to generate heat" industry!

u/larsandtherealsquirrel · 29y
I CANT RUN THAT FAST

u/worldofdais3 · 29y
that name! so eurocentric! I see what they're getting at at, but they really should've picked a more encouraging and globalist title, especially in public facing media

u/iloveshrooms111 · 29y
totally agree

u/worldofdais3 · 29y
thanks :) nice to see some other younger queer ppl on this subreddit, it's a lot of older working professionals lol. no hate tho

u/iloveshrooms111 · 29y
queer? what?

u/worldofdais3 · 29y
what?

u/sombrstan · 29y
Anyone else getting kind of bored with this petrova line stuff?
what the title says. I'm tired of talking about it when it really doesn't seem to be affecting anyone's lives.

u/anna-artteacher · 29y
I know at least one person personally who was forced to leave his job and apartment to begin work on Project Hail Mary (won't say name for privacy reasons.) This is definitely affecting people's lives. Try having a little empathy, OP.

u/FamousSwindler · 29y
while you may be unaffected there are countless people whose homes have been ravaged and crops have died due to the changing weather patterns, not to mention, as u/anna-artteacher pointed out, the thousands of people who have uprooted their lives to work on the taskforce and related projects. you can go to r/boredofthepetrovaprob for this sort of rhetoric.

u/lickmepleak · 29y
Wait, that's a thing?

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u/gracefulassembly908 · 29y
so bored of the petrova problem
blah blah blah petrova blah blah crops dying blah blah. WE GET IT!...

u/iluvdisobedience · 29y
Literally fell asleep yesterday during Astrophage energy conference
longtime lurker, first time poster. i'm an executive at a fairly large...

u/StoutestNegligence · 29y
Anyone else bored of hearing about Project Hail Mary?
I'm 76 years old and I'm SCARED of reddit. Just want to say: why do I have to hear about this all the...

r/petrovaproblem

u/SteveHatchUT · 28y
Does anyone know how I can get in contact with Eva Stratt?! This is urgent.
I need to speak with her about a matter of grave importance. I was unable to contact her through proper means.

u/golemma6 [MOD] · 28y
Guys, look! the ayahuasca guy has a new account! Dream big, buddy!

u/worldofdais3 · 28y
this isn't her.

r/PetrovaProblem

r/liminality [MOD] · 28y
[PINNED] ANNOUNCEMENT OF HAIL MARY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CREWS

Huge news today, everyone. The PHM branch of the taskforce (this is crossposted w my friends over at r/petrovataskforce and r/petrovaproblem, btw, so don't worry about resending the info) has announced, after recieving over a million applications, the names of the crews for the mission. Providing their names and roles here, but we as always encourage you to read the full source here.

Yao Li-Je (CNSA) – Primary crew commander and pilot
Olesya Ilyukhina (ROSCOSMOS) – Primary crew engineer and EVA specialist
Martin DuBois, PhD (NASA) – Primary crew science officer

Ivan Loginovskiy (ROSCOSMOS) – Secondary crew commander and pilot
Darya Federova (ROSCOSMOS) – Secondary crew engineer and EVA specialist
Annie Shapiro, PhD (NASA) – Secondary crew science officer

r/umichlover · 28y
Go Dr. Dubois!! Represent!!!!!

r/fatalinational · 28y
I wonder how many backup crews they have. Maybe they have swings like in theatre. Speaking of, I'll be swinging on for the role of Olive Ostrovsky this week at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Come on down and see what all the BUZZ is about!

u/windyhelping682 · 28y
can someone PLEASE ban self promo from the sub

u/ilyarozanov · 28y
lots of russians #watchthisspace

u/GenerousMatrix · 28y
I worked with Annie and she is truly one of the smartest people I know, and so sweet. She's also insanely online and definitely stalks this subreddit, so bewarned.

u/DNA_nnie · 28y
NARC!!!!!!!

u/wantthatgoopbad · 28y
bold choice to have young, single people of both genders on each crew. Surely this is a potential problem? I mean, we know what happens to people in isolation. Not suggesting anything about the individual crewmembers but it seems to me like sex and all its related drama might be a big liability.

u/theidenticaldisarmament4 · 28y
ok I'm sorry I keep seeing comments like this so im not going off on you specifically OP but like. can we have a little more trust in our fellow humans? these people are trained, fully grown professionals who I can only imagine are acutely aware of the stakes. they can keep it in their pants. besides, it's not exactly a sexy situation up there. who in their right mind would be thinking about and wanting sex while trapped in a little metal tube in deep space investigating aliens and trying to save the world???

u/rocky · 28y
👀

u/RighteousPopcorn · 28y
open survey: fuck marry kill. primary crew. for me personally, I am really liking the silver fox thing w yao but I can't get past dubois's beautiful eyes. fuck ilyukhina marry dubois kill yao

u/liminality OP [MOD] · 28y
This is not a NSFW subreddit, thank you.

u/worldofdais3 · 28y
queer people working for the petrova taskforce?
hey folks, does anyone know of queer/lgbt+ people working on and for the petrova taskforce or related projects? I know annie shapiro is openly bisexual, but I haven't heard about anyone else.

u/loosey_ducky · 28y
I follow one of the hail mary nutrition specialist's dog's account that he runs with his husband. can't remember the name of the specialist but the dog's name is Booger.

u/crusselrowe · 28y
always thought the science guy that looks like ryan gosling seemed a little 🚬

u/105degrees · 28y
diversity win: 3 scientists out of 5000 people working on money and time wasting project are gay!

u/worldofdais3 OP · 28y
unnecessarily rude comment. I was just curious. my girlfriend is the only trans person in her cohort at her school and I was trying to cheer her up by reassuring her that queer people in STEM are not just capable, but at the top of their game. dipshit

u/iloveshrooms111 · 28y
<3

u/worldofdais3 OP · 28y
🫶🫶🫶

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
I'm the head of scientific research for Project Hail Mary. AMA!
Hi Reddit, I'm Ryland Grace, the head of scientific research for Project Hail Mary. I'll be here for an hour or two answering your questions. The mods have informed me that no NSFW is allowed, no open political posturing or ragebait, and no questions that might get me arrested.

u/desertedhockey · 27y
How did you get involved in the project?

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
During my time in academia, I published a paper arguing that water wasn't necessary for life to evolve. The head of the project read the paper and recruited me, thinking that, because Astrophage lives on the surface of the sun, it probably wouldn't be a water based life form. (It was.)

u/Teatime_Break_1000987 · 27y
this you? www.sciencenews.com/article/molecular-biologist-fired-from-university-after-insulting-prominent-nasa-scholar

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
I mean, my name's in the article, and my picture is too. So yeah. How would you feel if I went through your Reddit history and found all of the embarassing stuff you did when you were younger?

u/Teatime_Break_1000987 · 27y
I make a burner every time I post so no one can see any of my active subreddits.

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
r/furry, r/backrooms, r/anthrocon, r/furryporn, r/furryart, r/scalie, r/NavalBattlesOfHistory, r/scalieporn, r/scalieart, r/WhatIsThisHistoricalObject, r/LostMedia, r/ClevelandOH 👍

u/rylandmonicagrace · 27y
Why are you the one doing the AMA? Shouldn't it be Eva Stratt?

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Because this is a more science focused subreddit, they wanted to have a science-focused officer do outreach. Also, Ms. Stratt's unbelievably busy and I'm not even sure she knows about this. She wouldn't have wanted to do it. On an unrelated note, why is that your username?

u/liminality [MOD] · 27y
Hi u/rylandmonicagrace, imitation and parody is not allowed in this subreddit. You will not be banned if you switch to a different account in the future, but consider this a warning. For anyone in the thread now, OP of this question is not the real Ryland Grace.

u/TheUnluckyCatfish · 27y
Were you excited when you discovered it was alien life in the Petrova Line?

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
I mean, I couldn't have been more excited. I was honestly giddy. When you're a speculative astrobiologist, there's a big old emphasis on the speculative part. I can't even describe how crazy and cool it was to see real alien life. I know Astrophage is commonplace now after a few years, but I remember that day with a lot of excitement.

u/utilizedexploitation730 · 27y
oh! so you think the petrova problem is good and you want the sun to die? you love astrophage and wish there was more of it? wow

u/bitterlyrashstamina · 27y

u/Charliefoodie · 27y
Does Astrophage taste good?

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Don't know, haven't tried it. Maybe one day, if I get really bored.

u/taumoeba · 27y
👀

u/runningoutofusers · 27y
how often do you think about the stakes of what you're doing?

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Pretty much constantly is what I want to say, but the truth is that after four years of this, it becomes background noise to the present-day problems that come up. But I would say that everyone on the project is very aware of the circumstances even if it seems like they're having fun, like on Ilyukhina's Twitter. For me, I was a middle school teacher before all of this. Thinking of them is what reminds me how important this is.

u/anna-artteacher · 27y
Hi Ryland! We miss you at GCMS.

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Wow, Anna! Hi! I lost your email.

u/deleted · 27y
[post removed by moderators]

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Come on now. I KNOW you know better than this.

u/iwantthatgoopbad · 27y
what happened??? whyd the post get removed??

u/desertedhockey · 27y
u/intelligent_horses said "Mr grace can I get an extension on the final diorama project, I need to order more fake grass and it hasn't come yet" and mods kicked the user after Dr. Grace confirmed it was his 12 year old student lol

u/irisoptions · 27y
Dr. Grace…is this your personal account???

u/Skittles_Obsessed_1985_ · 27y
Oh my god

u/imagerylala [MOD] · 27y
3 days till launch you guys!!!!!
I'm nervousexcited. Gonna let everyone take a longer lunch break so we can all watch together.

u/liminality [MOD] · 27y
BREAKING: explosion at Baikonur cosmodrone (VIDEO)
A video just emerged of some sort of explosion right near the Hail Mary launchpad. Video was posted by a local who was delivering to the station. No statement so far. Let's hope no fatalities. Please keep everyone in your thoughts tonight.

u/worldofdais3 · 27y
oh no how horrible!!!!

u/HeartyCheerleader · 27y
This could fuck up the entire mission oh god. Might need to unironically join r/doomsdayprepper now

u/Landy_Luncheon_3 · 27y
They need to release a statement. Every news org is speculating right now, saying the rocket blew up, saying everyone's dead, just crazy stuff.

u/roswell1067 [MOD] · 27y
BREAKING STATEMENT FROM PHM: DUBOIS, SHAPIRO DEAD, RYLAND GRACE NEW SCIENCE OFFICER ON MISSION
They released their statement. You can read it here. There was a massive explosion at the research center, the causes of which they haven't disclosed. Martin Dubois and Annie Shapiro were both killed in the blast. Ryland Grace, who was the unnannounced tertiary science specialist, will be going in their place. The launch will happen on schedule in about 18 hours.

We on the mod team are all quite frankly in shock. Drs. Dubois and Shapiro were talented, brilliant people, whose lives were cut even shorter than expected. As for Dr. Grace, serving loyally on the project in an entirely different capacity for nearly five years and then sacrificing your life…he's a hero. There's no other way to put it.

u/lickmepleak · 27y
Does he even have the training??? This is ridiculous

u/IdioticIndecency · 27y
they implied in the statement that he had always been the 3rd choice so I can only assume yes. not to mention he discovered like 50% of the stuff we know about astrophage.

u/phdpissoff · 27y
an absolutely incomprehensible tragedy. three brilliant minds, gone. The scientific community is reeling. I work at UCLA, where Dr. Grace went to grad school. We're holding a vigil for him tomorrow night. It just doesn't feel real.

u/Sophie2228391194858 · 27y
Hey, can you come over? <3

u/loosely_tight_header · 27y
NOT NOW SOPHIE

u/liminality · 27y
The Hail Mary had a successful launch today.
From the mods: Thank you all for your continued support of this sub. We honestly don't know what do say. See you all in 27-ish years, I guess? Try not to die.

- Sunila, Rosie, Emma, Daniel, & Nick

u/golemma6 [MOD] · 24y
BREAKING: Eva Stratt convicted to 590 years in prison
The UN released a statement earlier today. After the long tribunal...

u/imagerylala [MOD] · 22y
Happy five year anniversary since the Hail Mary's launch!
nyt.com/article/the-hail-mary-mission-five-years-after...

u/liminality [MOD] · 21y
Happy tenth birthday to this subreddit!
When I first became a mod here, I was in grad school. Now I'm a...

u/jerrycan_of_tongues · 14y
Today is the estimated date of the Hail Mary's arrival at Tau Ceti.
Commander Yao, Officer Ilyukhina, and Doctor Grace, our thoughts are with you now and forever an...

u/worldofdais3 · 14y
Congratulations to u/iloveshrooms111!
Aya Stillwell, a frequent contributor to this sub (and my wife!) won the Nobel Prize in physics earlier this week, the first openly trans person to...

u/roswell1067 · 12y
Happy fifteen years since the Hail Mary's launch!
We'll be hosting an online karaoke party in honor of Olesya Ilyukhina. To the three of you: we hope you're having a little fun up...

u/jerrycan_of_tongues [MOD] · 7y
Happy 20 years since the Hail Mary's Launch!
I know Reddit's fallen out of style – this is crossposted on XMetaAmazonDerble as well as FeebuMedia. In honor of...

u/heartbreakingpenguin847 · 6y
Eva Stratt escaped from prison
in defense ur honor: who caressssssss

u/liminality · 2y
Remembering Rosie (u/roswell1067) 
One of our beloved moderators passed away earlier this week. Rosie Jimenez died at age 63 at home in the CNM HC Cooling Shelter just outside...

u/mralister · 2y
happy 25 years since the launch!!! · 2y
only a few years left! kinda weird, right?

u/imagerylala · 2y
BREAKING: ONE OF THE BEATLES HAS RETURNED
SPOTTED BY NASA PROBES EARLIER TODAY, WILL CONNECT WITH SATELITTE DATA IN JUST A FEW HOURS

u/theoafishadvertising · 2y
i KNEW john wasn't dead

u/liminality · 2y
BREAKIGN BREAKING BRAKI EVERYBOSY OH MY GS YOU GYUS
THERED A FUVING FIX THEY DUD IT

u/crusselrowe · 2y
CALM DOWN SPEAK CLEARLY

u/2ringsof8 · 2y
ok mama lets take a deep breath and then another and then a third

u/liminality · 2y
BREAKING NEWS: BEATLE DATA CONNECTED TO EARTH, FIX FOR ASTROPHAGE DISCOVERED, PROJECT HAIL MARY OFFICIALLY A SUCCESS
Okay guys. I calmed down. You can read everything here. TLDR (although you should definitely read it all) is this: a predator to Astrophage, named Taumoeba, was discovered at a planet orbiting Tau Ceti (TC-E.) It will be released into the Petrova Line and we can expect the sun to return to full luminosity within 18 months. No info released about process or status of astronauts.

I have so so many questions, and according to my friend who works in SatCom, there's terabytes of information that haven't been disclosed and possibly never will be. But right now, I just can't stop crying. They did it. We did it.

u/deadfriendliness892 · 2y
I'll believe it when I can go outside in a cami top again.

u/larsandtherealsquirrel · 2y
you shouldn't be doing that regardless. it's the 2050s

u/ObedientlySpiky · 2y
should someone tell eva stratt?

u/didyouguysnoticeimoutofusernamessoiusedaredditusergeneratorbutimworrieditsaibuticantfindanyinformationonit · 2y
she def already knows dude

u/female_cilantro · 2y
Does this mean we can stop nuking Antarctica? Also, We have to stop with these awful names. That must have been Grace, right? No one else would come up with Taumoeba.

u/zachsnyderfan67 · 2y
OOH I cant wait for those files to drop. #releasethenukecut

u/intelligent_intercourse · 2y
movie industry already planning a fuckass biopic I can just tell

u/intelligent_intercourse · 2y
watch them give it a sequel where they survive and go to an alien planet or smth lol

u/AngryBirdsOfficial · 2y
not if we have anything to say about it.

u/jerrycan_of_tongues [MOD] · 1y
BREAKING: LIMITED PHM FILE RELEASE
I'm not gonna tldr this please just read it holy shit (source)

u/importedconfiscation_024 · 1y
Are you playing rn

u/iloveshrooms111 · 1y
I WAS RIGHT?????????

u/catherinefromproof · 1y
it's cute…

u/PublicFluke55 · 1y
it's pronouns are HE/HIM!!!!!!!!!!

u/UnexpectedlyTeeny · 1y

u/multicolored_adaptation · 1y
I'm actually shaking rn someone buy her googly eyes please

u/user59633221 · 1y
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u/liminality · 1y
NSFW is NOT ALLOWED on this subreddit. Please for the love of God take it to r/xenophilia

u/ponyboyparker · 1y
this legendary turnaround rate

u/MoldyRecipe · 1y
This is an UNGODLY CREATURE. The evil witch Eva Stratt is tricking the American populus into believing in this hideous freak of nature in order to further her WOKE agenda and all you ASTROFAGS are falling for it.

u/FurryCertification · 1y
astrofags…

u/exultant_coaster · 1y
ASTROFAGS!!!!!!!!!

r/PetrovaProblem

u/liminality [MOD] · 9mo
Gentle PSA
Hi guys, we've loved having so many new members here this week. Just want to remind everyone that this is a SFW sub that's limited to talking about the Petrova Problem as a whole. Please take any art/writing/speculation about Rocky and Dr. Grace to r/xenophilia.

u/deliriousparliament11·9mo
Did you guys see the party hat video

u/sailthehics · 9mo
YES

u/liminality [MOD]· 9mo
What did I just say :(

u/unst3cky · 9mo
PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE ELSE SAW THE FUTILE DEVICES EDIT

u/tightfistedsnail27 ·9mo
Thank you for saying this. Not only is it irrelevant to this sub, RPF is ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL, and IMMORAL. Rocky is an ALIEN and unable to consent. It is tantamount to colonization and zoophilia, as well as being disrespectful to Dr Grace and his romantic partners on Earth. Dan and Phil did not come out for this.

u/liminality [MOD]· 9mo
Ok I did not say all that.

u/ponyboyparker ·9mo
"dan and phil did not come out for this" ITS BEEN 30 YEARS

r/xenophilia · 10k monthly visitors

u/tacticaltentacles [MOD]  · 6mo
PLEASE STOP POSTING ABOUT ROCKY THE ALIEN
Hi folx, welcome to r/xenophilia! Hope you're doing well. We want to politely ask everyone who's coming here from r/petrovaproblem, r/projecthailmary, and related subs to kindly refrain from making individual posts about the real life alien Rocky. It's clogging up the feed for our regular users.

u/tacticaltentacles [MOD] · 3mo
ROCKY THE ALIEN CONTAINMENT THREAD
Thank you for keeping our space organized. 

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