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- dakilla91, on 10/17/2008, -1/+30NASA is so ***** awesome yet the get little to no funding compared to other government programs.
- theviceroy, on 10/17/2008, -1/+29Oh man I sure hope NASA never stops launching awesome ***** like this.
- Modestexcuse, on 10/17/2008, -0/+13Can't wait to see what data it gathers. Space Rules.
- Sornos, on 10/17/2008, -0/+11Private corporations will never, ever fill the role that NASA, or other government sponsored organizations, has. There is simply no profit to be gained from exploration.
- FENWAYFREAK, on 10/17/2008, -0/+7Okay, I looked into it myself and here is what I found. Each candidate claims that they would provide funding to nasa, but neither would. Obama has made no plans for giving nasa any money at all, and mccain would have his spending freeze.
- defektiv, on 10/17/2008, -0/+7Even though NASA has been getting decreased funding of late, I hope this changes in the near future. There's a huge and expansive galaxy out there filled with stuff we can only imagine speculatively. So many potential answers to our questions and problems here on Earth are out there and we've barely even gotten the balls to go to the edge of our system. The Mars projects were absolutely incredible.
I'll be tuning in to this project for sure. - inactive, on 10/17/2008, -0/+6OORT Cloud and Kuiper Belt anyone?
- RogerStrong, on 10/18/2008, -0/+6@ChoixAkion:
Unfortunately when it comes to multi-hundred-million-dollar investments, corporations are VERY conservative. They won't take risks - they want a guarenteed return. Their investors won't support a project where the return on investment happens several decades later.
Private industry could have gone to the moon and Mars all this time. They didn't. They could have built their own space plane - they didn't. They do communications satellites - but only after several governments led the way and proved the concept.
Everyone knew that ion thrusters were a more efficient way for a satellite to do station-keeping in geosynchronous orbit. NASA tested them on the ground in the 1960s. But until NASA flew a probe with one in the late 90's, private industry wouldn't use them. Now they do.
We're at the point where you can make a business case for various projects out to geosynchronous orbit. But not beyond. - andy78, on 10/17/2008, -0/+5you're an *****... instantrimshot.com
- FlyingPhotog, on 10/18/2008, -0/+5No *****?
- Totz83, on 10/17/2008, -1/+6"liberal rebuttal"
- FENWAYFREAK, on 10/17/2008, -0/+5Does anyone know where each candidate stands on nasa and which would provide more funding to it. (I think its neither, but I hope I am wrong,)
- tm13lke, on 10/17/2008, -0/+5Spacecraft
Devices, either manned or unmanned, which are designed to be placed into an orbit about the earth or into a trajectory to another celestial body. Also known as a space ship; space vehicle. - mindracer, on 10/17/2008, -1/+5that is the most dumbest most total waste of time EVER
- Arceliar, on 10/17/2008, -1/+4I read that as "NASA Spacecraft Will Explode Outer Solar System" at first. There's a serious shortage of mad scientists these days.
- wrathbone, on 10/17/2008, -1/+4*misinterpretation and overreaction*
- sanman, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2I don't understand what this heliosphere and heliopause stuff is about. Why would you even feel any significant pressure from the sun or the rest of the galaxy, when you're that far out?
It reminds me of that cheesy scene from that old Star Trek episode, where the Enterprise crosses thru the "Galactic Barrier" (which looked like a giant pink ribbon) - aftern9ne, on 10/17/2008, -4/+6Too late, I've already explored it and peed all over it.
- JustinHopewell, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2Yet it must.
- nothin2g, on 10/17/2008, -0/+2but i'm le tired!
- zealotbleeds, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2They're changing the name of Uranus to Urectum. I tried.
- JustinHopewell, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2*grilled cheese sandwich*
- JustinHopewell, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2Why do I imagine being an elderly man when the photos are taken? Is it because of the distance from our planet to the destination?
No, its probably because I'm insane. - rexblade, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2Sadly no expense is spared when it comes to war and killing. Regardless of the economic state of the country the war machine never misses a disgustingly bloated over priced step.
- embryoinbloom, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1*bacon*
- pizpot, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1Oo
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -1/+2if you pooped in outer space it would float away forever.
- Taomyn, on 10/20/2008, -0/+1Why do all the reports of this launch say "explore"? It's going nowhere near the boundary, it's simply going to observe from a very very very long way away albeit without the hindrance of being planet bound.
- mindracer, on 10/17/2008, -0/+1more interesting article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/17/solar.mis ... - drgmdp, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1crapsteroids
- keithloughnane, on 10/17/2008, -0/+1nice images, too many hoops to jump through
- nothin2g, on 10/17/2008, -0/+1Flash Gordon would OGC now.
- kingnutty, on 10/17/2008, -2/+3can't they make these things look like they're not wrapped in foil high school science projects? aliens are going to think we're a bunch of low rent a-holes.
paint some mean looking teeth on it! - kiffar, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1Who gives a *****? It'll still be amazing.
- kiffar, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1I can't wait to see these pictures!
- noahtron, on 10/18/2008, -1/+2well, that certainly is one intrepid ibex.
(sorry, couldn't resist...) - danwallace, on 10/18/2008, -1/+2Now that's what I call an intrepid IBEX.
- pizpot, on 10/18/2008, -1/+1Dear NASA,
I think you know this, but I will say it anyways. You have about 5 years to develop a sun-shade for the earth, that will orbit the sun and block the rays from heating the earth. In layman's terms, close one eye and notice that you can blot out the sun with your thumb... because your thumb is close and the sun is far. Also, a way to prevent the upcoming methane problem from choking and torching us in 20 years would be handy.
Thanks - wpyh, on 10/18/2008, -1/+1Man, how I love competition.
- Asdfglpwglion, on 10/17/2008, -1/+1If looking at something is exploring it, then you can credit around six billion people as galactic explorers.
- patriamus, on 10/17/2008, -2/+2that would probably interfere with the NASA ideaology that technology they create to make life easier should be shared with the public.
On the flip side though... maybe we could get a few of the companies to give away a free space walk. like, if you opened up a bottle of coca cola. then you went to space. - Cymrubeats, on 10/17/2008, -6/+6ron paul
- FlyingPhotog, on 10/18/2008, -3/+3It's cool that they can do this, but don't we have bigger fish to fry? How about they spend some money on making solar power cheap and accessible?
- StephaneBlitz, on 10/18/2008, -0/+0and i thought i was the only one who thought about this one, maybe there is some hope for Digg after all
- trunks6008, on 10/18/2008, -1/+1only in your dreams NASA...
- ChoixAkion, on 10/17/2008, -1/+0Sornos that's pretty short sighted, sure there is no immediate profit to be made but think of the possible resources on/in planets or asteroids. The sooner we get into space the sooner we can start making use of what's out there.
Besides Virgin Galactic can already make suborbital flights for a relatively cheap price and it's not going to stop there. People want to go to space and therefore there is profit to be made, even if it is only the rich minority that can afford it for now. - pyrotix, on 10/17/2008, -4/+1No Uranus jokes?
- Paulorific, on 10/17/2008, -9/+5*political comment*
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