NASA To Make Big Announcement On May 14th 1PM

[Cugalabanza]

...To have all these things in our memories hoard,

And to use them,

To help us,

To find...

... the NORD?

 

(is this poem about Sketch?)

[Wacka]

Big deal, there was another supernova visible in daylight. The Crab Nebula, a well known feature, is the remnants of a supernova which exploded in 1054.

It could be seen during the day and at night was brighter than everything except the moon. It faded and was still visible at night for 2 years (telescopes were not invented yet).

[Sketch Soland]

... the NORD?

 

(is this poem about Sketch?)

 

IT IS THE PROPHECY OF NORD ASCENSION!

 

THE SUPERNOVA SIGN IS AT HAND!

 

PREPARE THYSELVES FOR THOU NEW MASTERS!!

(SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM OR WHENEVER THEY GET HERE!!!)

[erynthered]

... the NORD?

 

(is this poem about Sketch?)

 

 

I think you can find the Shoody Mooes at Nordstroms.

[PromoTheRobot]

first off, LOL at that.

 

 

 

 

but for real, this announcement, along with THIS ANNOUNCEMENT from the Vatican, makes me think that some big news may be coming...

 

did NASA find life on another planet? the Vatican announcement would be perfect damage control.

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

[BillsFan Trapped in Pats Land]

When I am king, all these NAS-holes will be looking for work. Trillions of dollars in taxpayer money for tang and freeze dried ice cream.

[erynthered]

When I am king, all these NAS-holes will be looking for work. Trillions of dollars in taxpayer money for tang and freeze dried ice cream.

 

 

are you serious?

[Sketch Soland]

When I am king, all these NAS-holes will be looking for work. Trillions of dollars in taxpayer money for tang and freeze dried ice cream.

 

[Steely Dan]

The aliens were eaten by the dinosaurs, that's how humans were able to live at the same time as them, the dinosaurs had something else to eat.

 

Unless the supernova is sending some deadly radiation or astroids our way that justifies why the Mayan calender ends in 2012, it seems like this conference was overhyped.

 

Shockwave maybe!!! (Where's the emoticon in abject terror?)

 

 

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

 

The Creationists, as far as I know, aren't Catholic and think the Catholic Church is evil. This would just reinforce that point to them.

 

As to the second highlighted part;

[X. Benedict]

I think you can find the Shoody Mooes at Nordstroms.

I was thinking Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

[Sketch Soland]

Do I have to tell you what Nordstroms is a front for?

[erynthered]

I was thinking Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

 

 

Which song? Graeme Edge wrote that for Moody Shoes in '68. ELP has a shiit load of classics though.

[Beerball]

Do I have to tell you what Nordstroms is a front for?

The NORDS?

[erynthered]

The NORDS?

 

NO. The Stroms! You know like Strom Thurman and his clan. God to I have to teach you everything.

[Steely Dan]

If anyone's interested.

[PTS]

So wait ... did they find the Battlestar Galatica and the Colonial Fleet on their way to Earth?

[BillsFan Trapped in Pats Land]

are you serious?

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.

[GG]

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.

 

Tinfoil hats and purple Nikes.

[Alaska Darin]

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.

[GG]

Don't forget the late night memory foam mattress commercials.