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- Sonic_Molson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10You're retarded. I had to say it even if I get dugg down.
- dirtmaster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvH4e3fDWSA
- oyourmom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Ive never heard golf explained so scientifically and detailed.
- thashiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Funded by Element 21, actually.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/science/space/23astro.html - JonDiggsIt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I didn't know someone could make golf any more boring, but I was wrong. Who knew golf in space could suck.
- reticulate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"With the telescopes we have now, shouldnt we be able to see the flag?"
Obviously focal length means nothing to this guy. - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No tax dollars were spent on this.. the Russians used the stunt to help fund their agency with private funding from a golf company.
- sdcarter, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I WANT MY 5 MINUTES BACK! I saw no golf! I saw a bunch of verbose descriptions for a bunch of routine maintenance. Hey NASA, you want more money? Make space more interesting to the common man and find ways for Joe Blue-collar and Karen White-collar to connect with "the final frontier."
Oh yeah... and I'm still waiting on my flying car and space plane. - reticulate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What was the par?
- xmetal2001, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This is what the Russians spend their time in space on. They make quite a bit of money by pulling stunts like this. We just have to sit back and watch them play around, we did after all hitch a ride up their while our shuttles were grounded.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh.. this video is from before they actually performed the stunt.. I saw the video on BBC of them actually hitting the ball. (Russian agency is promoting a golf company in order to raise money for their program.. NASA can't do this because private funding is prohibited in the US).
- Alphabet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@dirtmaster
that youtube video isn't the same one as the space.com video - Vulpes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Quit barking up the wrong tree, NASA has nothing to do with this experiment.
- johntsien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Jensaarai - It seems to me that you probably want the engineers to be the boring, buckled down, serious types. It helps us to minimize mistakes that turn into tragedies. NASA's issue was making the "Spacewalk officer" narrate the thing because she IS pretty dry. I can only hope this was meant as some sort of internal training video and not their idea of PR.
- iheartspain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2this is just another way for humans to leave their trash out in space!
- PeteyUK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2kinda cool promotional stunt.
One big leap to keep peoples minds of the war though ;). At least in America? - dsterry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3A putter is not worthy. They shoulda taken a Callaway out there.
- masterc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow... so many big words used to descibe picking up a club and whacking a ball...
- pasan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that video was sooo broing! i mean i like space stuff... but this..
- LexisNexis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dirtmaster's video is better
- BaadPete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The actual shot is here (Realmedia required, sorry):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/bb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&nol_storyid=6175320
If that's all the footage they got, I'd ask for my money back if I were Element 21. - ketigadu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2They should have used Paris Hilton instead of a golf ball.
- DaveNASA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Better technical coverage and free extended video:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4916 - Spikito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Incase none of you read the article a few days ago on this, http://digg.com/space/Cosmonaut_to_tee_up_for_monster_orbital_golf_shot , the expedition was paid for by a golf club company. the one in this video though, possibly tax dollars
- Pobotrol, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hit it away from the Earth! It might hit me.
- cualcrees, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Take that all you space program critics! now THAT'S science! imagine the possibilities... mini-golf in space is next!
- Jensaarai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@Vulpes
The video. Not the expirement. The video, with the NASA logo, with the "Credit:NASA" on the left side of the page, is what is wrong. The idea is actually kind of nifty. It gets people's attention (otherwise nobody would be clicking the link and it wouldn't be on Digg.) But they manage to take that one nifty thing and turn it into the most bland, dry, overly complex explanation possible.
Have you ever watched a shuttle launch? NASA manages to take just about everything cool and inspiring about space and cutting edge scientific research and make it into this long and drawn out boring process. They seriously need to hire some sort of good PR - because it's the taxpayers who are paying for it. If NASA can't reasonably sell itself when its survival is dependant upon competing for public funds, then they are putting their organization and mission at risk. - Kiel, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7tax dollars hard at work
- leobaby, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Umm, my favorite thing about this video was the commercial before it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1I-1OQE0reg - Jensaarai, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0This video shows just about everything that is wrong with NASA from the perspective of "selling" space exploration to the public. I wanted to strangle that lady by the end. Not to mention the lack of actual golfing.
- fjacky66, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1gay.
- psygnisfive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Really, the "golf task"? This is what we spend our time in space on? Not building rockets to the moon, playing golf.. No wonder we don't have colonies on other worlds. We're supposed to build the moonbase THEN play golf.
- chasonq, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0so what's this...............
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2its to bad we never really went to the moon... fake!
And if you choose to disagree with me, they please provide me with the coordinates to where the rest of the lunar lander, and the american flag are.
With the telescopes we have now, shouldnt we be able to see the flag?
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