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Brand New NASA Science Website Opens

nasascience.nasa.gov — The Earth, Heliophysics, Planets, and Astrophysics. The site offers some great in-depth information about all sort of space stuff.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 11, 2008

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  • shortyjacobs, on 04/11/2008, -0/+20Super. I expect to see every damn picture from this site separately posted to Digg within 24 hours.
  • disco5896, on 04/11/2008, -0/+16Nice web design.
  • blindhammer, on 04/11/2008, -0/+9Anything that increases space/science education is worth supporting.
  • sockpuppets, on 04/11/2008, -0/+9If they add an XKCD section the fabric of the universe itself may be in danger.
  • diulei, on 04/11/2008, -0/+7Uh, I'm pretty sure a couple thousand for web design is slightly less than launching things into space.
  • ezran, on 04/11/2008, -1/+7Nice! Now I have less time to do real work...
  • moneyswears, on 04/11/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I'm sure the costs of new a new website are totally comparable to a mission to Mars. Also, as it stands, NASA is severely underfunded and publicity is the first step in rectifying that. Look at the big picture.
  • OneLess, on 04/11/2008, -0/+5Okay, now I'm mad! I can't believe they're spending my tax money on designing useful public outreach websites!
    [/moron]
  • sockpuppets, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4You're on Digg. Obviously you don't do any work already.
  • ihazstatus, on 04/11/2008, -1/+5I feel much smarter now. Fantastic, NASA.... Now, fly to Mars already
  • jhuebel, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3NASA is always the exception. They're one of the only organizations that generally stays above the political fray. Science is universal.
  • YodaJones, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Damn. They found a freaking rocket scientist that can design a web site.
    I bet they use Linux:
    http://tinyurl.com/4bdyv4

  • sputza, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Agreed. I love to see big government departments and corporations actually building a nice looking website.
  • jhuebel, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2I'm sure the website didn't cost them several hundred million dollars to create.
  • sockpuppets, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Website: $1000.
    Rocket to Mars: $100,000,000,000
  • tomlit, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2http://plone.org/news/new-nasa-science-mission-dir ...
  • jhuebel, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Additionally, what's the point of NASA expanding humanity's understanding of the universe if they don't share that information?
  • diulei, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Overall I kind of like it, but it's a bit much glossiness for my taste...
  • shortyjacobs, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2...A Space Odyssey
  • dhashi, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Cool, They used an open source content management system - Plone from the looks of it. Check the Source of the main page, it's clearly shown in the code. Nice since it's 508 compliant for accessibility reasons.
  • MyNameIsJoe, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Yeah they should be spending our hard earned tax dollars on bridges to know where and subsidies to the oil and gas industry.
  • SoundJudgment, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Probably when that Page was first designed. NASA works a bit... slowly.
  • BigManOnCampus, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2NASA has been clueless on a proper website to manage it's thousands of terrabytes of data since the invention of the web. I hope they finally have their act together in this department.
  • AstronautElite, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2I think its a good idea to promote the science NASA does to create a buzz with the Gen X & Y community that see no point to NASA right now. Perhaps increased interest will produce increased funds.
  • bwanazulia, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Yep, pure plone.
  • azpat, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1yay for taxes! I'm just sayin', it's not all wasted money. They should announce lots of ***** like this this time of year. You know, throw us some stocking stuffers.
  • gregdbowen, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1! awesome.
  • Azselendor, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1give digg some credit. 12 hours
  • inactive, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1LOL, look!, a hole in the ozone, that never existed before so it must be anthropogenic.
    This is what passes for science at NASA.........
  • YodaJones, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1They don't have the Gerbilnaut program listed:
    http://tinyurl.com/2wu3ma

  • OfF3nSiV3, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1And yet no RSS feed...
  • Lazdude, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1NASA seem to be encouraging the next generation of astronauts, astronomers and rocket scientists, which is great.
  • hockeysmurf, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Cool. It's just too bad about their embargo on advanced propulsion technology.
  • OneLess, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1You forgot Poland.
  • elementop, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1From just a quick glimpse, it looks like a lot of the information on the site is geared towards junior high kids, but cool nonetheless. Dugg.
  • gerardoc, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Some software consultancy just made a lot of money...but it looks great!
  • papastout, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Good design NASA! But I have to wonder - how much did the Gov't pay for it? I can imagine 6 or 7 dollar figures of visibly unnecessary proportion.

    you know... the same way a hammer costs $600 USD
  • gnewton, on 04/11/2008, -0/+0They need to validate their site:
    http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fnas ...
    They have s without the closing >
  • kaelyiesta, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1You forgot to queue trolling RP haters first.
  • HarbingerZero, on 04/11/2008, -0/+0How is this website different from the NASA.gov one? Many of this site's links go to other sites.
  • ghostfaceDX, on 04/11/2008, -2/+1Hooray! Sixth graders everywhere should be entertained for at least an hour or two.
  • Colorcoded, on 04/11/2008, -1/+0Now they just need to update Nasa TV!
  • gregdbowen, on 04/11/2008, -6/+5I am going to get trounced but that site is fugly. very 2001.
  • bgrah449, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1These NASA submissions always push the creativity of digg commenters to their limits. I dare someone to write something actually funny in one of these. On-topic. References are allowed, but only in response to the article, not an idiot commenter.
  • EarlOfLade, on 04/11/2008, -5/+3Can someone please shoot the damn webdesigner?

    Another website with crappy design, total lack of usability and it looks horrible in resolutons besides 800x600.

    Epic failure on NASA's part!
    Stop using 14 year old 1337 kids to design your websites and get someone who is professional and has some ideas about functionality and usability.

  • wiretapped, on 04/11/2008, -4/+1wonder how long it takes to get hacked.
  • exronin, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2I bet the republican brigade marks this as inaccurate for having science in the topic.
  • Brian48216, on 04/11/2008, -7/+2Queue the diggers that think ALL government organizations are evil unless Ron Paul is involved.
  • katiekills, on 04/11/2008, -7/+0budget for flashy new website, no budget for actual space exploration? priorities?

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