NASA To Make Big Announcement On May 14th 1PM

[erynthered]

Tinfoil hats and purple Nikes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If only he would have GG'd.

[PastaJoe]

15. Those little internet cameras that are so prevelant today were designed by NASA JPL in Pasadena.

 

The internet porn industry should partially finance NASA to thank them for enabling their business to flourish.

[erynthered]

Yes, the Space program is more wasteful than any social or military discretionary spending and I defy anyone to show me the positive advancements to science directly tied to the US space program over the last 40 years.

 

 

NASA also developed that ASS HAT you wear daily.

[Wacka]

The minaturization of computers was accelerated by the need to put computers in the Apollo ships. The original command module computers had less power than disposable calculators do today. By the last flights in 1972, the astronauts were using HP calculators behind the moon to help calculate burn times.

[SilverNRed]

Yes, the Space program is more wasteful than any social or military discretionary spending and I defy anyone to show me the positive advancements to science directly tied to the US space program over the last 40 years.

 

So something that costs less than one-half of one percent of the federal budget is more wasteful than ANY social or military spending over the last 40 years?

 

Here's just a few things for you to chew on. I'm amazed by how incredibly uninformed the average person is with all the technology available to them...

 

1. Satellite Television. In 1962, NASA launched the first broadcast satellite - TELSTAR I. Live television was broadcast from the US to France THAT DAY.

In 1976 they launched CTS, which was the most powerful satellite ever. It allowed the creation of lower cost earth stations - which paved the way for direct broadcast television.

 

2. Cordless power tools and vacuum cleaners are direct results of a NASA technology partnership with Black & Decker. NASA engineers used their computer modeling expertise to design a motor small and powerful enough to run on a battery - ON THE MOON.

 

3. The first smoke detectors were designed in a partnership with Honeywell for Skylab.

 

4. The first water filters were designed in support of the Apollo missions.

 

5. Home insulation improvements are the direct result of NASA research on heat shields for the Apollo missions.

 

6. In 1992, the FDA approved the use of NASA's "cool" laser technology for use in heart surgery. It has replaced angioplasty.

 

7. The development of the CCD (charged coupled device) pretty much eliminated the need for scalpels in mammograms. Doctors can now use a needle to do biopsies, eliminating scars and saving patients and insurance providers over 300% on these procedures.

 

8. Digital Image Processing - including CATScans and MRIs are derived from NASA technology developed in the 1960s for LANDSAT.

 

9. Marshall Flight Center technology for making strong lightweight material that withstands propulsion tolerances is used to make prosthetic devices for amputees.

 

10. Those thermometers they stick in your ear? NASA Technology developed to measure the temperature of stars.

 

11. LEDs were developed for plant research on the Space Shuttle. They are now being used to treat SKIN CANCER.

 

12. X-33 composite materials were used to develop forceps to deliver babies.

 

13. NASA Ames developed pill sized transmitters that can be left inside the human body (to monitor astronauts). It is now being used in fetal care.

 

14. Technology designed to study photos sent back from space probes is now being used to detect chromosome abnormalities.

 

15. Those little internet cameras that are so prevelant today were designed by NASA JPL in Pasadena.

 

16. Scratch resistant glass was developed by NASA. Do you wear sunglasses?

 

17. Lightening protection technology was pioneered by NASA. Thank them everytime you fly through a storm.

 

18. Doppler Microwave Radar was developed in conjunction with NASA to combat windshear.

 

19. The material used to make moonsuits is now used for stadium and large building roofs. Ever been to the Georgia Dome or Denver Airport?

 

20. NASA Technology is used for padding in football helmets, chest protectors, and shin guards.

 

21. Golf balls fly farther because of external tank airload and slosh control technology.

 

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of what NASA's research has accomplished. Of all the government boondoggles, it's probably the best investment taxpayers have ever made, despite the incredibly fugged up bureaucracy at the top.

Oh, those positive advancements. Whatever. Besides that there's like nothing....

 

[dib]

It is the Eye of Sauron!

[VABills]

I love my GPS

[Sketch Soland]

NASA also developed that ASS HAT you wear daily.

 

 

ASS HAT just never stops being funny.

[Arkady Renko]

It's kind of hard to separate what was a result of military innovation and what was a result of the space program. Still, space exploration should be done for its own sake. Exploring and pushing the boundaries of human achievement have always been something that we do.

[dib]

It's kind of hard to separate what was a result of military innovation and what was a result of the space program. Still, space exploration should be done for its own sake. Exploring and pushing the boundaries of human achievement have always been something that we do.

 

 

and lets not forget ICBM's

[Ramius]

Yes, the Space program is more wasteful than any social or military discretionary spending and I defy anyone to show me the positive advancements to science directly tied to the US space program over the last 40 years.

 

apparently, you couldn't just sit and be happy with joe miner and apuschzulski being the king of stupid this week. feel the need to reassert your dominance?

[Ramius]

What is more curious about that announcement is that the Vatican's spokesperson says "The Bible is NOT a science book" and "the Big Bang is the best explanation so far for a universe that is billions of years old."

 

That must stick in the craw of the Creationists who claim the Bible IS a science book and that the universe is only 6,000 years and Jesus buried fossils to test our faith. Basically what Creationists believe is if the universe is to hard to grasp with an 8th grade education then it just ain't true. They're telling God to keep his creation in their tiny box.

 

PTR

 

Jesus buried the fossils? well, that would be a reasonable explanation about why no one heard from him for about 25 years.

[Lurker]

There is no intelligent life on TBD!

While I'd agree in principal, TSW has only "been serving Bills fanatics since 1996"

 

I have a lot of respect for NASA, but i don't think they're THAT good....

[Lurker]

When I am king

How many lightyears from earth is that possibility...

[KD in CA]

21. Golf balls fly farther because of external tank airload and slosh control technology.

 

 

How are they coming along with the one that doesn't slice into the woods?

[Ramius]

How are they coming along with the one that doesn't slice into the woods?

 

did you see the way they dead sliced the climate orbiter into mars a few years back?

[Pete]

So something that costs less than one-half of one percent of the federal budget is more wasteful than ANY social or military spending over the last 40 years?

 

Here's just a few things for you to chew on. I'm amazed by how incredibly uninformed the average person is with all the technology available to them...

 

1. Satellite Television. In 1962, NASA launched the first broadcast satellite - TELSTAR I. Live television was broadcast from the US to France THAT DAY.

In 1976 they launched CTS, which was the most powerful satellite ever. It allowed the creation of lower cost earth stations - which paved the way for direct broadcast television.

 

2. Cordless power tools and vacuum cleaners are direct results of a NASA technology partnership with Black & Decker. NASA engineers used their computer modeling expertise to design a motor small and powerful enough to run on a battery - ON THE MOON.

 

3. The first smoke detectors were designed in a partnership with Honeywell for Skylab.

 

4. The first water filters were designed in support of the Apollo missions.

 

5. Home insulation improvements are the direct result of NASA research on heat shields for the Apollo missions.

 

6. In 1992, the FDA approved the use of NASA's "cool" laser technology for use in heart surgery. It has replaced angioplasty.

 

7. The development of the CCD (charged coupled device) pretty much eliminated the need for scalpels in mammograms. Doctors can now use a needle to do biopsies, eliminating scars and saving patients and insurance providers over 300% on these procedures.

 

8. Digital Image Processing - including CATScans and MRIs are derived from NASA technology developed in the 1960s for LANDSAT.

 

9. Marshall Flight Center technology for making strong lightweight material that withstands propulsion tolerances is used to make prosthetic devices for amputees.

 

10. Those thermometers they stick in your ear? NASA Technology developed to measure the temperature of stars.

 

11. LEDs were developed for plant research on the Space Shuttle. They are now being used to treat SKIN CANCER.

 

12. X-33 composite materials were used to develop forceps to deliver babies.

 

13. NASA Ames developed pill sized transmitters that can be left inside the human body (to monitor astronauts). It is now being used in fetal care.

 

14. Technology designed to study photos sent back from space probes is now being used to detect chromosome abnormalities.

 

15. Those little internet cameras that are so prevelant today were designed by NASA JPL in Pasadena.

 

16. Scratch resistant glass was developed by NASA. Do you wear sunglasses?

 

17. Lightening protection technology was pioneered by NASA. Thank them everytime you fly through a storm.

 

18. Doppler Microwave Radar was developed in conjunction with NASA to combat windshear.

 

19. The material used to make moonsuits is now used for stadium and large building roofs. Ever been to the Georgia Dome or Denver Airport?

 

20. NASA Technology is used for padding in football helmets, chest protectors, and shin guards.

 

21. Golf balls fly farther because of external tank airload and slosh control technology.

 

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of what NASA's research has accomplished. Of all the government boondoggles, it's probably the best investment taxpayers have ever made, despite the incredibly fugged up bureaucracy at the top.

agreed. I have posted many similar post's on this board. NASA is money well spent!

[Fan in San Diego]

So something that costs less than one-half of one percent of the federal budget is more wasteful than ANY social or military spending over the last 40 years?

 

Here's just a few things for you to chew on. I'm amazed by how incredibly uninformed the average person is with all the technology available to them...

 

1. Satellite Television. In 1962, NASA launched the first broadcast satellite - TELSTAR I. Live television was broadcast from the US to France THAT DAY.

In 1976 they launched CTS, which was the most powerful satellite ever. It allowed the creation of lower cost earth stations - which paved the way for direct broadcast television.

 

2. Cordless power tools and vacuum cleaners are direct results of a NASA technology partnership with Black & Decker. NASA engineers used their computer modeling expertise to design a motor small and powerful enough to run on a battery - ON THE MOON.

 

3. The first smoke detectors were designed in a partnership with Honeywell for Skylab.

 

4. The first water filters were designed in support of the Apollo missions.

 

5. Home insulation improvements are the direct result of NASA research on heat shields for the Apollo missions.

 

6. In 1992, the FDA approved the use of NASA's "cool" laser technology for use in heart surgery. It has replaced angioplasty.

 

7. The development of the CCD (charged coupled device) pretty much eliminated the need for scalpels in mammograms. Doctors can now use a needle to do biopsies, eliminating scars and saving patients and insurance providers over 300% on these procedures.

 

8. Digital Image Processing - including CATScans and MRIs are derived from NASA technology developed in the 1960s for LANDSAT.

 

9. Marshall Flight Center technology for making strong lightweight material that withstands propulsion tolerances is used to make prosthetic devices for amputees.

 

10. Those thermometers they stick in your ear? NASA Technology developed to measure the temperature of stars.

 

11. LEDs were developed for plant research on the Space Shuttle. They are now being used to treat SKIN CANCER.

 

12. X-33 composite materials were used to develop forceps to deliver babies.

 

13. NASA Ames developed pill sized transmitters that can be left inside the human body (to monitor astronauts). It is now being used in fetal care.

 

14. Technology designed to study photos sent back from space probes is now being used to detect chromosome abnormalities.

 

15. Those little internet cameras that are so prevelant today were designed by NASA JPL in Pasadena.

 

16. Scratch resistant glass was developed by NASA. Do you wear sunglasses?

 

17. Lightening protection technology was pioneered by NASA. Thank them everytime you fly through a storm.

 

18. Doppler Microwave Radar was developed in conjunction with NASA to combat windshear.

 

19. The material used to make moonsuits is now used for stadium and large building roofs. Ever been to the Georgia Dome or Denver Airport?

 

20. NASA Technology is used for padding in football helmets, chest protectors, and shin guards.

 

21. Golf balls fly farther because of external tank airload and slosh control technology.

 

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of what NASA's research has accomplished. Of all the government boondoggles, it's probably the best investment taxpayers have ever made, despite the incredibly fugged up bureaucracy at the top.

 

22. Tang orange juice ?

[Steely Dan]

So something that costs less than one-half of one percent of the federal budget is more wasteful than ANY social or military spending over the last 40 years?

 

Here's just a few things for you to chew on. I'm amazed by how incredibly uninformed the average person is with all the technology available to them...

 

1. Satellite Television. In 1962, NASA launched the first broadcast satellite - TELSTAR I. Live television was broadcast from the US to France THAT DAY.

In 1976 they launched CTS, which was the most powerful satellite ever. It allowed the creation of lower cost earth stations - which paved the way for direct broadcast television.

 

2. Cordless power tools and vacuum cleaners are direct results of a NASA technology partnership with Black & Decker. NASA engineers used their computer modeling expertise to design a motor small and powerful enough to run on a battery - ON THE MOON.

 

3. The first smoke detectors were designed in a partnership with Honeywell for Skylab.

 

4. The first water filters were designed in support of the Apollo missions.

 

5. Home insulation improvements are the direct result of NASA research on heat shields for the Apollo missions.

 

6. In 1992, the FDA approved the use of NASA's "cool" laser technology for use in heart surgery. It has replaced angioplasty.

 

7. The development of the CCD (charged coupled device) pretty much eliminated the need for scalpels in mammograms. Doctors can now use a needle to do biopsies, eliminating scars and saving patients and insurance providers over 300% on these procedures.

 

8. Digital Image Processing - including CATScans and MRIs are derived from NASA technology developed in the 1960s for LANDSAT.

 

9. Marshall Flight Center technology for making strong lightweight material that withstands propulsion tolerances is used to make prosthetic devices for amputees.

 

10. Those thermometers they stick in your ear? NASA Technology developed to measure the temperature of stars.

 

11. LEDs were developed for plant research on the Space Shuttle. They are now being used to treat SKIN CANCER.

 

12. X-33 composite materials were used to develop forceps to deliver babies.

 

13. NASA Ames developed pill sized transmitters that can be left inside the human body (to monitor astronauts). It is now being used in fetal care.

 

14. Technology designed to study photos sent back from space probes is now being used to detect chromosome abnormalities.

 

15. Those little internet cameras that are so prevelant today were designed by NASA JPL in Pasadena.

 

16. Scratch resistant glass was developed by NASA. Do you wear sunglasses?

 

17. Lightening protection technology was pioneered by NASA. Thank them everytime you fly through a storm.

 

18. Doppler Microwave Radar was developed in conjunction with NASA to combat windshear.

 

19. The material used to make moonsuits is now used for stadium and large building roofs. Ever been to the Georgia Dome or Denver Airport?

 

20. NASA Technology is used for padding in football helmets, chest protectors, and shin guards.

 

21. Golf balls fly farther because of external tank airload and slosh control technology.

 

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg of what NASA's research has accomplished. Of all the government boondoggles, it's probably the best investment taxpayers have ever made, despite the incredibly fugged up bureaucracy at the top.

 

You could also add a host of satellites that aid the countries defense systems. Also, I think we should eventually try to expand the human race beyond this rock.

 

 

The minaturization of computers was accelerated by the need to put computers in the Apollo ships. The original command module computers had less power than disposable calculators do today. By the last flights in 1972, the astronauts were using HP calculators behind the moon to help calculate burn times.

 

IIRC, all of the computers at mission control back then were less powerful than todays home computer.

 

 

Oh, those positive advancements. Whatever. Besides that there's like nothing....

 

 

 

 

and lets not forget ICBM's

 

Look if you see BM there's no need to tell us here.

 

22. Tang orange juice ?

 

First came Tang and then came the grateful astronauts.

 

I think the space program may have invented poon-tang.

[Lori]

Yes, the Space program is more wasteful than any social or military discretionary spending and I defy anyone to show me the positive advancements to science directly tied to the US space program over the last 40 years.

So something that costs less than one-half of one percent of the federal budget is more wasteful than ANY social or military spending over the last 40 years?

 

Here's just a few things for you to chew on. I'm amazed by how incredibly uninformed the average person is with all the technology available to them...

 

(incredibly long list of essential advances in technology)

Can I get a ruling here? Is this the definition of "own3d"?