What do you think we should do about the space program? - TBD2024-03-28T12:24:33Zhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topics/what-do-you-think-we-should-do?commentId=1991841%3AComment%3A832296&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCouldn't they just go back in…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8375132010-02-26T16:05:42.651ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
Couldn't they just go back in time to when they still had jobs? Wait ... they wouldn't have jobs in the past.<br />
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OK, OK, they could come back here and get Congress to pass a bill - ... nah, that won't work because if Congress doesn't give them the money in the first place, they can't very well time-travel back from a future where there is no time travel.<br />
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All right, I got it ... we give Arnold Schwartzegger (yes, I know I misspelled his name: I just don't care) some cash in a Velcro bag, and he…
Couldn't they just go back in time to when they still had jobs? Wait ... they wouldn't have jobs in the past.<br />
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OK, OK, they could come back here and get Congress to pass a bill - ... nah, that won't work because if Congress doesn't give them the money in the first place, they can't very well time-travel back from a future where there is no time travel.<br />
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All right, I got it ... we give Arnold Schwartzegger (yes, I know I misspelled his name: I just don't care) some cash in a Velcro bag, and he goes to the future in a fire-retardant suit, gives the money to Picard who uses it to build a time travel mach- aw, man ! I forgot about inflation. We're gonna need a bigger bag ...<br />
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OK, got the bigger bag ... here you go, Arnold ... aw, man, wait ! There isn't a time machine yet here in the present. Wait up, Arnold ...<br />
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Suggestions, anyone ? Does the NASA PR Machine neve…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8375122010-02-26T16:04:07.390ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
Does the NASA PR Machine never sleep?<br />
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<u><b>I invented the zero-gravity toilet</b></u> at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon rush party in 1966. I have witnesses, dude.
Does the NASA PR Machine never sleep?<br />
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<u><b>I invented the zero-gravity toilet</b></u> at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon rush party in 1966. I have witnesses, dude. Another NASA BS story ... Vel…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8375002010-02-26T16:00:00.196ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
Another NASA BS story ... Velcro was invented in 1941.<br />
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Google "Who invented Velcro?"
Another NASA BS story ... Velcro was invented in 1941.<br />
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Google "Who invented Velcro?" If we don't continue the spac…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8374882010-02-26T15:53:40.337ZP.A.https://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/pickleallen
If we don't continue the space program Captains Kirk and Picard will be unemployed in the 23rd and 24th centuries along with all those others on the Enterprise. I see it as fighting future unemployment.
If we don't continue the space program Captains Kirk and Picard will be unemployed in the 23rd and 24th centuries along with all those others on the Enterprise. I see it as fighting future unemployment. Space is cool, but:
1) ARPAN…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8374752010-02-26T15:46:06.545ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
<b>Space is cool, but:</b><br />
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1) ARPANET- not NASA - funded and developed the packet switching that made the Internet possible.<br />
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2) Dr. Raymond V. Damadian, who was neither a NASA employee nor a NASA contractor, invented the MRI. He even started the first commerical MRI company.<br />
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3) Lightweight metals like titanium and various aluminum alloys were well-known and widely used for years before NASA was even formed. I had lightweight speed parts on my car in high school in 1966.<br />
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4) Flame-retardant…
<b>Space is cool, but:</b><br />
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1) ARPANET- not NASA - funded and developed the packet switching that made the Internet possible.<br />
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2) Dr. Raymond V. Damadian, who was neither a NASA employee nor a NASA contractor, invented the MRI. He even started the first commerical MRI company.<br />
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3) Lightweight metals like titanium and various aluminum alloys were well-known and widely used for years before NASA was even formed. I had lightweight speed parts on my car in high school in 1966.<br />
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4) Flame-retardant clothing was likewise widely used before NASA. Improvements to it over the years came from companies like Monsanto and DuPont working closely with national safety and construction organizations, not from NASA. NASA certainly specified such cloth for certain applications, but specification is not invention.<br />
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The first widely-believed rumor I heard about NASA's practical contribution to everyday life was that NASA "invented" the modern digital calculator. It just ain't so . Click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#The_development_of_electronic_calculators" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> for the mind-numbing details.<br />
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It is a testament to NASA's PR machine that so many people give them credit for practical everyday stuff they had no part in. Apparently it's OK to repeat a public misconception, as long as you didn't originate it...especially at budget hearings.<br />
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The sad part is that NASA has now seen the light. They realize they were acting like weasels: problem is, it's too late.<br />
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There are plenty of good reasons to fund NASA that have nothing to do with wheelchairs, pocket calculators and firesuits. However, they are almost all highly technical and not very "sexy" to the the average taxpayer.<br />
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So politicians continue to tout expensive manned space flight missions instead of the much more useful things that could be done via unmanned projects. NASA is trying to shift attention to unmanned projects, but the politicians don't listen. Astronauts are easier to sell to the public.<br />
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There is significant well-founded disagreement about the cost of such advances. Except for certain questions arising in particle physics, theoretical physics and astronomy, all the other questions could be researched right here on Earth for a lot less money. All fortuitous results are un…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8373892010-02-26T14:46:58.739ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
All fortuitous results are unpredictable, so unmanned exploration is indeed the cheapest safest plan.<br />
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Cabo is very last year. Everyone goes to Saba, Netherlands Antilles now. Sheesh! Get with the program.
All fortuitous results are unpredictable, so unmanned exploration is indeed the cheapest safest plan.<br />
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Cabo is very last year. Everyone goes to Saba, Netherlands Antilles now. Sheesh! Get with the program. I think the money would be be…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8373582010-02-26T14:36:15.855ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
I think the money would be better spent breaking into the Playboy Mansion.
I think the money would be better spent breaking into the Playboy Mansion. Which planets have a terrain…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-26:1991841:Comment:8373522010-02-26T14:34:37.513ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
Which planets have a terrain like Afghanistan's? Mercury and Mars, maybe...<br />
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However, Mercury has milder summers, and Mars has more water.
Which planets have a terrain like Afghanistan's? Mercury and Mars, maybe...<br />
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However, Mercury has milder summers, and Mars has more water. Right on Lynne Anne.
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Right on Lynne Anne.<br />
Government funding initial research and the fall off is spectacular. Who cares where it comes from the results can be spectacular.
Right on Lynne Anne.<br />
Government funding initial research and the fall off is spectacular. Who cares where it comes from the results can be spectacular. Latest Vegas odds against liv…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-02-24:1991841:Comment:8344502010-02-24T23:49:59.410ZDallashttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Dallas
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