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Nasa has signaled it is joining the social justice movement by changing unofficial and potentially contentious names used by the scientific community for distant cosmic objects and systems such as planets, galaxies and nebulae.
One of the steps Nasa would immediately take would be to drop references to planetary nebula NGC 2392 known as the “Eskimo Nebula”, a dying Sun-like star that is blowing off its outer layers. “Eskimo”, the agency said, “is widely viewed as a colonial term with a racist history, imposed on the indigenous people of Arctic regions.”
Maybe Eskimos liked having something named after them. Did anyone ask? Or did they just assume? Eskimo doesn’t have the same negative connotation for people as some other nicknames for ethnic groups.
More moronic PC, Woke, SJW virtue signaling nonsense.
Names of things can't harm you. Flags, statues, murals, books and symbols can not harm you. The Left chooses to be offended and feel "harmed". It is mental illness and the need to attempt to control otters through big government.,
this is getting beyond ridiculous. i guess from now on all space bodies will be named with alpha numeric characters? thus the sun will be A1, mercury will be A2 and so on? the stupidity of the "woke" idiots is beyond description.
this is getting beyond ridiculous. i guess from now on all space bodies will be named with alpha numeric characters? thus the sun will be A1, mercury will be A2 and so on? the stupidity of the "woke" idiots is beyond description.
"A1"?
Sure, that's fine if you want to continue living in the heliocentric dark ages!
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