Today in 1939, 84 years ago: Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
The space robot I think about the most is the Parker Solar Probe, which recently came within 5.3 million miles of the Sun. It spends a lot of time in the corona, which can get to like... 2 million degrees F. Mostly doesn't feel a damn thing because its heat shield is wild.
The closest Mercury gets to the Sun is about 29 million miles. What a thrill.
Hello my friend. I heard you had a rough weekend full of sky booms. I'm not too scared of them so you can stay with me until it passes. Feel free to wear your thundershirt. I think they look kinda cool.
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