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- smithfly114, on 10/10/2007, -1/+52Well if you read the article then you would know that an agreement between NASA and Google was reached to allow NASA to mount scientific instruments on the Boeing 767 aircraft. Google will also pay $1.3 million dollars in annual fees. That is what gives them the right.
- smithfly114, on 10/10/2007, -5/+50It is not buying your way into anything. It is a mutual agreement, a buisness transaction. The Govt conducts buisness transactions all the time, WTF is the problem?
- kamel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39NASA is allowed to mount scientific instruments to planes owned by H211.
And by "scientific instruments" they mean hookers. - SteelChicken, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36NASA didn't GIVE them *****. $1.3 million aint exactly free...is it?
Noobs. - Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24It's fueled totally by good intentions.
- pimpinainteasy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22The article title and Digg title are misleading. s/Gives/Sells/
- nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Screw you guys. I'll go build my own lunar lander...with blackjack...and hookers. Actually, forget the lunar lander...and the blackjack.
- gcnaddict, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16marketnet, way to not read the article at all.
- Benminnn, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Quick, someone switch the word Google with Microsoft in this article and see how angry the replies get instantly.
- nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12it's called the reply button, use it some time.
- roosterjm2k2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Being close friends with many a pilot who's favorite fields have been shutdown due to whiny people who move next to an airfield, then complain about the noise...
Nope. Perfectly fine with me. Civil aviation is getting kicked in the balls by people like that. The air over your house isn't yours...you don't really have a say about it. People need to learn to get over it.
I live right next to a military airfield...they do a lot of night flying, f-18s are loud, raptors are even louder...At night, the drone of the jet engines actually helps me sleep... People around me (note: the housing area I live in was built circa 1980 ... the airfield has been an active military field since around 1940 something) move in and start complaning and lobbying against the jet noise.
Now they are trying to get a private field which is mostly prop planes and has dawn-dusk rules in effect shut down.
People need to relearn the meaning of live and let live. - rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12And wasn't Halliburton paid to do something FOR the government, not Google paying the government to do something for THEM?
- nahsrocketeer75, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Here are the next 5 things that Google might buy from NASA
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19406 - Fredtheviking, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9what does Haliburton have to do with Smithfly114 point?
- adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8The situation here is slightly different. With Halliburton, the government is giving money TO a private company. With this Google situation, the government is getting money FROM Google. $1.3 million a year. How is this a bad deal for the government (and thus taxpayers)?
By the way, I used to work at Moffett Field as a contractor to NASA, and it's not like this is anything new for them. They have a whole slew of wind tunnels (including the largest wind tunnel in the world) there, and they lease out wind tunnel time to private companies that want to test airplanes and stuff. So there is already a precedent for making money off of the facilities. In my mind, this is smart government, because taking the opportunity to collect a little money beats the hell out of leaving expensive facilities idle. - nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7That sounds a little like a dummy company set up to protect Google from liability....correct me if I'm wrong.
- Crimsoneer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"H211, a limited liability company that counts Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt"
Its not actually google. - Otto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Much like Ed Begley's Go-Cart: Powered entirely by his own sense of self-satisfaction.
- smithfly114, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Does an M1A1 belong on a street? NO. Does an aircraft belong at an AIRPORT?! Duh... The logic of some scares the ***** outta me.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Logic error. Reset and try again.
- RadicalEdward, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's also fueled by love, peace and flower power. What's greener than that?
- monkeyrun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5you could buy your way into the US government if you like.
in fact I buy my way to park on the street every year! OMG Corruption!! - DRINKxREDxBULL, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8Google has a private jet? I thought they were going green?
- TaylorTAP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Aren't you a smart one. Welcome to The Business World!
- nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4To Google, it may as well be $1.30. :-)
- Shorties, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bass_MCOP_020827.html
- aquahell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3NASA, overfunded? Somebody might want to look at NASA's budget, they actually do what they do with less than 1 percent of the federal budget. A billion dollar donation would cover two shuttle launches. 1.3 million would at least help to cover some of the fuel costs.
- rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5It's not going to cut our taxes down, it's just extra revenue.
- bloodguard, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Larry Ellison is probably going to throw an epic hissy fit when he hears about this. He's stuck parking his jet at SJC and has to abide by some pretty strict curfews due to noise abatement.
Neener, Larry. Neener. - socialidiocy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3how'd you get a tank?
- marsyas1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think NASA is trying to get google to fake footmarks on their google space images. "told you we went there!!"
- Mejogid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I doubt there'll be much difference unless people actually start reading the article.
- dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Short answer: yes. It's ethical as long as NASA is getting paid. As mentioned above, the gov't often engages in mutually beneficial deals with parties in the private sector. Just look at congress.
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ah, screw the whole thing.
- recockulous, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Here's what the Google plane looks like, courtesy of Airliners.net:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?front=yes&s=1&keywords=google+767 - Rapter09, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4God, here it comes. Beating the drums. Google in bed with the government, using government property, blah blah.
Listen, the fact of the matter is that NASA could use the money in addition to some of these science-gathering things that are on it. Granted, it's not a ton of money, but every little bit helps. I love NASA, and it pains me to see that very few presidents have recognized the necessary and crucial nature of NASA and its many missions, and its serious importance to the future of our species. I was visibly happier when Opportunity and Spirit made it through the sand-storms okay. More money for NASA can't be a bad thing. - hourog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
- adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes, but to NASA Ames, $1.3 million is a noticeable amount of money. I know because I used to work there, and believe me, if you work there, you do it because you enjoy the work, not because the salary is competitive.
- vvaduva, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It's easier to tell OTHER people to go green than doing it yourself of course...
- Feej, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah Google, stick it to the man!.......
Oh, wait......... - OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's ethical to ignore the whiny losers that want to impede progress, even if you have to beg, borrow and steal your way around their ill conceived plans to stop progress.
- cygnus2112, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Borrowed it. Comes in handy getting the right-of-way.
- NeonElixir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Interesting, yet poorly written.
- Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1but its not like they are buying control of NASA
they are buying a parking space and some equipment
not a politician
even if I think these knuckleheads always cry fowl play if a politician doesn't agree with them this case is not an actual company buyout of the goverment - PhoenixPath, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2You are a complete moron. I registered this account and verified it just so I could tell you that.
Global warming...
Pfff. - JQP123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1NASA has money to burn. They've spent well over $100 billion on the space station. To put this in perspective, for that price we could have sent robotic missions (like the Mars rovers) to very planet in the solar system, learned far more, and still had money left over. Instead, NASA chose to build a floating tourist trap for the obscenely rich and a monument to the gullible taxpayer.
- shig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Revenues are included in the budget, and affect the amount of public funds they receive. I do understand that this will not reduce our taxes at all, but it will eliminate 1.3m from NASA's tax burden. If it does not then we have a problem.
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse. If the government has a job they need done, they can open a contract for bidding, and should give the job to the bidder who offers the best deal (which isn't necessarily the lowest price, because underbidding just guarantees you'll hire incompetent buffoons).
But if someone goes to a government agency or operation and offers a unique deal that will mutually benefit both parties, we're talking about a totally different ballpark. Is the government supposed to refuse on the basis that there's no competiton between that 3rd party and others for the deal? That would be kind of stupid. - daftman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well Google subsidize their employees Hybrid cars. Do other companies do that?
- jfoust2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of backup tapes, nor a 767 full of hard drives. You have a better plan to move petabytes?
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