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Attention Diggers: NASA is Asking You For A Better Slogan

blog.wired.com — The writer of the best slogan will get a DVD of the space movie of their choice, From the Earth to the Moon, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, etc and will be interviewed for a follow up posting on what it takes to engage the public with space. Other noteworthy submission will get other small space swag.

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  • kiwikultist, on 10/10/2007, -6/+131NASA: Dammit, the military keeps stealing our budget
    • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3NASA: Hey Military, we can make them laser satellites like in James Bond... *****.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5NASA: Funneling money to the military industrial complex one senseless project at a time, with public approval.
    • fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28NASA: We spent a billion of your tax dollars while you read this.
      • fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6And in retrospect.... where exactly is NASA asking any "diggers" for a better slogan? Or anyone else? It looks like this is all Wired's idea?
    • Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9NASA: We spent 20 million of your tax dollars and all you got was a toilet.
    • rolfeman02, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4NASA spent over a million dollars designing a pen that can write upside down and in space.

      The Russians did it for 5 cents...it's called a pencil
    • Konstantino, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9I didn't write this one, but noticed it: All your space are belong to us. That one deserves to win.
    • techmonkey4u, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I submitted "NASA: Keeping Politics out of Science Since 2008."
    • SuperWinner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4NASA: We will find aliens if you give us enough money.
    • theOster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1NASA: Tang.

      (sorry, i'm late to the punch - see below)
    • themastersb, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1NASA: We luuuuuurrrrrrvvvveeee Mudkips.
  • notsofastener, on 10/10/2007, -17/+98NASA: We killed god with the Hubble, now give us more money or another deity gets it
    • chubbymilk69, on 10/10/2007, -4/+42NASA: Never Any Snakes Aboard
    • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1How does a telescope prove that God didn't create the universe, moron?

      Athists like you are just as bad as the literal translation creationists. Claiming the Hubble killed god is just as bad as saying the banana proves god exists.
      • geoman2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3wow dude, its called a joke. learn to laugh.

        i hate idiot athiests as much as the next guy but that was halarious
      • Speckles, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Or it might be a reference to the episode of Futurama where a character was the remains of God after having been smashed by a satellite.
      • notsofastener, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1bingo, get a sense of humor. It was meant to be funny, nothing more. I am not easily classified as anything in the religious realm. I'm not atheist nor am I truly religious. I am just someone who has a broader interpretation of things and believe only what makes sense for me. Sometimes that's something religious, sometimes that is something evolutionary, sometimes it's altogether different. Lighten up and laugh, okay...
  • canewediggit, on 10/10/2007, -13/+129disproving your religion since 1958
    to infinity, and beyond!
    b/c sex in zero gravity will only happen if we let it
    when the asteroid comes, do you really trust bruce willis?
    we gave you tang, what more do you want?
    it's either us or hal
    faking a mars landing is going to be expensive


    • canewediggit, on 10/10/2007, -4/+107real space is better than myspace
      • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1"I Need My Space!"

        Actually, I didn't think of this one. It's on a NASA T-shirt from the KSC.
    • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -11/+3"faking a mars landing is going to be expensive"
      I LOL YOU!
      • SuperWinner, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Hes joking you idiots, and it was a funny one.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18NASA: Noone can take you higher
    • Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3General Foods gave us Tang in 1957.
    • clark24, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8You've got a gift, my friend. Don't hide that under a bushel basket.
      • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Just as long as the astronauts get plenty of cake, a budget crisis is averted...
    • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0What religions says that space doesn't exist, *****?
    • EdgarVerona, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2NASA: We've been given so little funding, all we can offer for a slogan is a DVD and an interview.

      Or how about...

      NASA: When we interview you, can you pay for lunch?
  • cledford, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2***** happens...
  • WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Expanding our boundaries
  • DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -9/+166NASA: We can has space.
    • FoxOrian, on 10/10/2007, -25/+1Excellent use of lolcat. I logged in just to dig you up.
    • Dylson, on 10/10/2007, -18/+4I logged in just to dig you down.
    • ThndrShk2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18I was already logged in and i'm not digging either way. No matter how useful or funny your comment was
  • BassMastr, on 10/10/2007, -18/+49NASA: Need Another Seven Astronauts.
  • dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3NASA: Give us more money or we'll kill again!
  • cragga, on 10/10/2007, -5/+67NASA: Going Up?

    ninjaedit; lol @ the current winner "All your space are belong to U.S."
    • oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10actually, now it's "SO I HERD U LIEK MUDKIPS"

      Did they think that an internet poll would solve anything? That bridge in Estonia(?) that was (almost?) named Chuck Norris is proof that that isn't true.
    • listrophy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Along a similar vein:

      Look up
    • playaj20008, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1THIS SLOGAN SHOULD WIN!!!! it's so simplistic.
    • playaj20008, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1THIS SLOGAN SHOULD WIN!!!! it's so simplistic.
  • ZogDog, on 10/10/2007, -13/+5Dream. Discover. Go. NASA
    • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -6/+18Dream. Discover. Broken Tile... BOOM!
    • Scynet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Too cliché.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Dream. Discover. Spend about a trillion exploring low earth orbit.
  • H0ns, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Mile - Meter? Who cares...
    • H0ns, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18A: Did you say 156.854.686 miles? B: No, i said 156.854.686 kilometer. A: Holy F*ck!
    • oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24NASA: Because a yard is close enough to a meter.
  • linkin2, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5NASA: Got Space?
  • chonuts, on 10/10/2007, -10/+69NASA: I'm in your rocketz, exploring your spacez...
  • camintmier, on 10/10/2007, -1/+85Nasa: Gettin' it up since 1958.
  • bajesus, on 10/10/2007, -9/+19NASA: Grass, Gas, or Ass nobody rides for free.
  • psycho79, on 10/10/2007, -13/+113ALL YOUR SPACE ARE BELONG TO U.S.
  • uPEOPLErCrAzY, on 10/10/2007, -3/+37NASA: So benevolent humans can get the ***** off of this god forsaken rock
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3NASA: So benevolent humans will never get off this rock. Instead of the real scientific research that is needed to make such a leap possible, we're spending tons of money on senseless, futile, publicity stunt projects that will never take us anywhere.
  • extratired, on 10/10/2007, -11/+1NASA: blowing stuff up since 1958.
  • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -7/+24NASA: You Shake'm, We Bake'm
  • prezzy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+17NASA: Going where no man has gone before.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -17/+4NASA: Going where no *man* needs to go.
      • wilhoitm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14NASA: Going where no one has gone before. Oh, and women too! ;-)
    • psygnisfive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2OBVIOUSLY they need to use a Star Trek reference. "To Boldly Go" or something along those lines. If they don't then they're all fools.
      • koryo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The official motto of Starfleet Academy is suitable: Ex Astria, Scientia - From the Stars, Knowledge.
  • simonpainter, on 10/10/2007, -7/+39NASA: Because the private sector is too cheap.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4NASA: Because the private sector is not stupid enough to send *people* on senseless publicity stunt missions.
  • blindflacker, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1It wasn't so long ago we thought the world was flat, what will we find out tomorrow.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3"...what will we find out tomorrow."

      That the space station is nothing more than an expensive boondoggle?
  • 3leggedHorse, on 10/10/2007, -5/+81NASA : Searching space for more oil.
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -14/+1NASA: Searching space for publicity and funding to prop up the military industrial complex.
      • Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Dude, we get it!!!! Really. We know your position on NASA and Space. We know, because of you, that they waste money on publicity stunts and that they are inefficient.
      • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Thanks. It's nice to find someone who appreciates my view. As you can clearly see from the comments, most of the sheeple here do not. Most amazingly, while NASA fans aren't generally big supporters of military industrial contractors, this is where a large chunk of NASA's budget ends up. It just goes to show how effective propaganda can be.
    • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Here's the funny thing. You laugh about that, but where Earth has very little Helium-3, the moon actually has a lot of it. And it turns out to be a near-ideal material for fusion reactors. And the cargo capacity of the space shuttle is such that it in one trip it could carry enough Helium-3 to power the entire United States for a year. So one day (when we get fusion reactors working and all that), it could actually be, as crazy it sounds, viable to bring back fuel from the moon, even given how much rocket fuel would be consumed in the process.

      http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_3
      • ziggy66, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Especially with a fusion rocket propelled craft.
  • gibler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+71NASA: It isn't rocket science.
  • frigginchris, on 10/10/2007, -14/+8NASA; I for one welcome our new space exploring overlords

  • renegadeafk, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1Holy ***** I thought the title said attention umm naggers
  • SavageBlackCat, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2NASA: This isn't rocket surgery
    NASA: Blaming Powerpoint for our mistakes is only half the battle
    NASA: Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom
  • mal1964, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31"In Rod We Trust"
    • reddikilowatt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"They want inanimate? I'll show them inanimate!"
  • SavageBlackCat, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1NASA: All your base are belong to us.
  • alciadanet, on 10/10/2007, -10/+1They should put up an online poll
  • simonpainter, on 10/10/2007, -5/+42NASA: Actually, this *is* rocket science.
  • psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18NASA: Vacations on Mars coming in 2050.
  • terrab0t, on 10/10/2007, -6/+38I was laughing at how inane the top submissions were until I saw #3 and #4:
    "SO I HERD U LIEK MUDKIPZ"
    "NASA: ***** or GTFO"

    This is no general trend of internet users not taking the contest seriously. This is the work of 4chan.
    • oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18All problems on the internet can be linked back to /b/
    • redfox2600, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Not 4chan 7chan
      http://img.7chan.org/b/res/1349808.html And thank you for violating the first rule of /b/

      oh ***** I just violated it too
      • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Just saying "/b/" is OK; Just don't be any more specific.
    • MasterFunk, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Rules 1 and 2 where made to keep you down, even Moot thinks so, so don't bother him about it.
    • MasterFunk, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Rules 1 and 2 where made to keep you down, even Moot thinks so, so don't bother him about it.
    • PhobosDeimos, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Give this man a ***** cookie!
    • Proctor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Mudkipz is so retarded. It's not even funny. Get over it, god damn.
  • KeyLimePie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+62NASA: "WE PUT A ***** MAN ON THE MOON"
    • soot, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3lololololo
    • Eivo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18"Holy *****, I'm on the ***** Moon." {END TRANSMISSION}
      • Bromskloss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11"Very funny. Now, get me down!"
        • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Headline for a 1969 'Onion' front page: HOLY ***** *****: MAN LANDS ON ***** MOON
          And the article header: ARMSTRONG TO MISSION CONTROL: "HOLY ***** BALLS, THE GODDAMN *MOON* "
    • Bromskloss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6What did he do on the Moon, you say?!
  • bobangitanov2, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4NASA:
    lowest death rates for space travel
    our ***** works in multiple systems of measurement
    when renting russian technology doesn't always make sense
    still using Nazi technology from the 40s
    using Fisher pens cause no broken pencil lead will kill our astronauts - stupider mistakes do
    trying to get your fat asses out of earth
    giving you great pictures of ***** in space
    far behind in developing hoverboards
    sometimes amazing, but mostly boring
    not spending THAT much money
    hungry african children love us
    we helped with katrina
    fat engineers with a purpose
    we cured cancer
    ...and aids
    business casual or bust in space
    really expensive fireworks
    russians went to space first, but we did the moon landing, bitches!
    we're really really smart; give us your money
    not all our scientists can code
    *****, i don't know
    • JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1NASA: The most expensive way to put anything in orbit.
    • specialK16, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1sorry, to long to read.
  • naughtymonkey69, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5NASA: mOnkey see, mOnkey do

    NASA: Trying to escape the idiots of this world since before you were born
  • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2"From the Earth to the Moon, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica"... No "Battlefield: Earth" on the list, then? Oh noes, damn you NASA :P
  • ELee, on 10/10/2007, -12/+6For those of us who have worked with NASA, and seen NASA go out their way to flight better ideas, and destroy ~15 low-cost commercial space companies, you might understand our bitterness at the NASA PR machine. Here are some suggestions from me and a friend who feels similarly..

    NASA slogans:
    Dream Killers
    Doing Less with More
    Microsoft morals, Enron ethics
    Nothings As Slow As.. 'NASA'
    Your Taxes + Your Dreams = Our Texas Jobs

    Other NASA slogans (from a friend):
    YES We Still Exist
    Going Back to the Moon - This Time for Real
    NASA: ___ Days without an Accident or Psychotic Breakdown
    2010: The Year of We Make it to LEO
    Law & Order: Special Spaceflight Unit
    You Can't Say NASA with Asa
    Houston, We've Got Nothing But Problems
    If we can fake putting a man on the moon, why the hell can't we do it again?
  • Harrison88, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25NASA: Screw Virgin Galactic
  • HUKI365, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22NASA: Its ***** space.
  • bigpeeler, on 10/10/2007, -8/+6NASA: Sure it's futile, but it's not our money!
  • simonpainter, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1NASA: For when a pencil is just too pikey.
  • Kronos6948, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2NASA: Can someone get us better superglue for our tiles?
  • fLUx1337, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3NASA: Coming soon to a solar system near you!
    • unitedstatians, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1NASA: Our satellites are so powerful, we can take pictures of Lesbian UB313.
  • SSUK, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0NASA: We'll get you there in one piece... Most the time.
  • cipherscribe, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2NASA: We're so confident, we don't even password protect our computers!
    • Scorps111, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0^ Lol this is actualy true though it was a few years ago.
  • retral, on 10/10/2007, -2/+51NASA: We're so cheap, all we offer for a slogan is a DVD and an interview.
    • roystgnr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It's not that NASA is cheap, it's that they use cost-plus contracts. Tell them your slogan cost you $100 million dollars to think up and I'm sure they'll be willing to pay you $110 million. You're just not thinking like a big aerospace contractor yet.
  • s4g4n, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0NASA: The Ace of Spade

    My ORIGINAL submission :)

    • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You mean the Ade of Space, right?
  • bsmang, on 10/10/2007, -7/+33NASA: Somehow, we still exist, even despite 6 years of GWB.
    • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -1/+6Even despite? Is that a double negative? Such as, US Americans and the Iraq?

      It's like that guy who says 'irrergardless'.
      • LordSlashstab55, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I recall him changing the subject and driving at mars bitches!
    • bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Bush is the first president to put some interest back in the Space Program, you stupid ***** idiot. And when he did, with the moon proposal and Mars, the people on Digg BLASTED him for it sayuing it was stupid and a waste of money. Further proof that the average Digger just wants to bitch about Bush, even when it makes them look hypocritical.

      I hope you realize how pathetically sad your life is that you feel the need to turn eveyr story into a little whiny bitchfest. But I guess since your mommy raised to be BE a bitch, that is all you can do.
  • thebusiness, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0NASA: Maybe There's Oil in Space.
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