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Previous space missions to comets, such as Giotto, Deep Space 1, and Stardust, were fly-by missions. These missions were able to photograph and examine only the surfaces of cometary nuclei, and even then from considerable distances. The Deep Impact mission was the first to eject material from a comet's surface, and the mission garnered considerable publicity from the media, international scientists, and amateur astronomers alike.

Upon the completion of its primary mission, proposals were made to further utilize the spacecraft. Consequently, Deep Impact flew by Earth on December 31, 2007 on its way to an extended mission, designated EPOXI, with a dual purpose to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley). Communication was unexpectedly lost in August 2013 while the craft was heading for another asteroid flyby.

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  • HavanaSyndromeVictim [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    leftists will dogmatically agree w "Sex work is work!" or "swerfs get fucked!" but the second they hear actual swerf arguments and material realities of SWers, they're immediately onboard w SWERF rhetoric that just doesn't say the quiet part out loud

    if you don't actually work in the material reality being discussed and don't know what you're talking about?

    Shut The Fuck Up And Listen

      • HavanaSyndromeVictim [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        what does Esperanza advocate?

        "The Equality Model" aka rebranded Nordic Model, which decriminalizes prostitution but leaves all other parties involved criminalized. What other parties? surely just johns and pimps right???

        Af3irm will have you believe that will end the demand for the sex trade and save everyone. In actuality these policies are carried out by the carceral state, social workers and associated programs are just another arm of that system.

        When partial criminalization occurs, the stigma toward sex workers is not reduced. We can see this shit in action w FOSTA/SESTA, where even hosting SWers in an online space to meet or discuss is criminalized. How does this help collectivization and solidarity without further atomizing and hyper-individualizing this struggle?

        Imagine calling yourself leftist and your analysis beginning and ending with what you've heard on podcasts, rather than from workers in active struggle. Thanks for taking the bait and bringing this out into the open, it's been bugging me how under the radar it's been

      • HavanaSyndromeVictim [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Esperanza can call everyone who disagrees with her white petit boug neoliberals, but it doesn't change the fact that her and her organization push for carceral reforms that will hurt the most marginalized and vulnerable. don't come at me misrepresenting my position as beginning and ending with "sex work is work," or acting like I've done zero fucking research. maybe if you looked into the people who "attack" Esperanza and her position, you would see that they're predominantly POC SWers actively engaging in struggle for labor rights.

        edit: gonna drop these links for context for anyone else who comes across this, ctrl-f for 'Sections' to get to argument table of contents in the first piece

        TW SA

        spoiler

        https://medium.com/@katezenjoy/dear-esperanza-5aa7db4d501a

        https://purplerose0666.medium.com/a-timeline-of-af3irms-carceral-discourse-on-sex-work-390aa4b69923