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[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 118 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Jonathan Christopher McDowell (born 1960) is an astronomer and astrophysicist at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion

Elon Musk (28 June 1971) is a nobody wanna be somebody

[–] TakiMinase@slrpnk.net 24 points 7 months ago (4 children)
[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 21 points 7 months ago

The guy about to make another poor career choice and fill Hamilton's seat.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 12 points 7 months ago

Some fanboy/girl of elon i assume

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago
[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A decent first baseman and a better DH.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 14 points 7 months ago
[–] Rascabin@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

That last one sounds like rap lyrics from a dis track.

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So uh... I understand that Kepler has died, but in what sense did he make him the Orbital Police?

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

well, perhaps Kepler didnt, but Newtonian physics deputised them both.

[–] xor@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

musk may stink... but he's not a nobody

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's close though.

He's a CEO of some companies and he has a shit load of potential money in stocks, but other than that he's just a shitposter on twitter.

His actual influence is miniscule. He did not achieve anything worth remembering in the future. His legacy will be "most money 2022"

[–] xor@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago

he's a cunt... but he definitely did some things and shifted some things...

i despise him quite a bit, especially now that he's drifting into alt-right chudism... but he founded spacex... did a lot for electric and self driving vehicles...

and sure he's a shitposter on twitter, but he's in the news constantly about it... he's definitely leaving a shitsmeared footprint on history and is thus, a somebody...

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 18 points 7 months ago

The Orbital Police

[–] importedreality@programming.dev 13 points 7 months ago

What an absolute Chad

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Technically it's orbiting Sagittarius A*