So motherfucking badass - NASA still relevant and cool

L|ama

I bet everyone there really wants to make a giant mechatronic t-rex to stomp the fuck out of that place


I sure as hell do

Antimatter

read that as Megatronic

yessssss

Darmak

L|ama wrote: »

I bet everyone there really wants to make a giant mechatronic t-rex to stomp the fuck out of that place


I sure as hell do

They already have the giant t-rex statue, all you'd have to do is hook up the machines and hydraulics and such and it'd be good to go. What's really bad is how many people I know who have gone to it to either back up their own beliefs, or have somehow been persuaded to start believing their bullshit.

At least this guy has a pretty decent writeup of his visit to the place.

CrossBuster

Kind of bumping an old thread, but seriously

Holy Shit.

Grey Ghost

Whoa wait what what

Uriel

Yeah whoa whoa, what is that about?

CrossBuster

We'll find out in a couple days, I suppose.

Uriel

Ooooooh I bet it's viral marketing for Apollo 18.

YoSoyTheWalrus

I bet this is going to be a big sloppy letdown

Uriel

Space Bacteria could be pretty neat. I hope it is space bacteria.

Druhim

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

L|ama

uh

hmmmmmm

YoSoyTheWalrus

Druhim wrote: »

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

It's going to be a big fat load of fucking nothing

I mean I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not.

Scudo

I don't wanna close my eeeeeyes
I don't wanna faaaaaall asleep

YoSoyTheWalrus

Maybe the astrobiologists are going to tell us a huge asteroid is about to hit us, and Ben Affleck is our only hope.

The astrobiologists are relevant because the only life left after will be astrobiology. Little buggies just metabolizing sulfur out around Gliese.

babyeatingjesus

Holy shit Will Smith has to be there to welcome the space bacterias to earf, then punch the slide cover. Otherwise I quit science.

babyeatingjesus

This isn't from NASA, actually from the ESO, but it's pretty fucking cool.

Spoiler:

NGC 520, which is actually two galaxies in the middle of an ages-long collision. Space is the awesomest.

And then, even less related, a crazy supercell storm in Montana captured by National Geographic.

Spoiler:

Boy I sure would like that to be my wallpaper, BEJ!

OK!

Artreus

Druhim wrote: »

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

Eh, I could see it being reasonable to be moderately excited about a possible new discovery.

Will the anticipation be better than the actual news? Probably. I don't see the harm though as long as you aren't going around shouting "WE FOUND THE ALIENS"

Druhim

Artreus wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

Eh, I could see it being reasonable to be moderately excited about a possible new discovery.

Will the anticipation be better than the actual news? Probably. I don't see the harm though as long as you aren't going around shouting "WE FOUND THE ALIENS"

But that's just it, all we know is that it's related to astrobiology. I'm confident it will be something fairly interesting from a scientific perspective, but I doubt it's going to be something as exciting as, "hey we found extraterrestrial bacteria."

So while it might well be an announcement that they've found some further evidence that their might have been life on another body in the solar system (not going to try and guess which body), I'm willing to bet the evidence is very open to interpretation and is nowhere near conclusive.

The Otaku Suppository

They'll probably announce they found arsenic, but not the actual bacteria that used it.

edit - Sorry, two thoughts collided with terrible results.

Solar

NASA found the Beatles in space.

Scudo

now now, all we know is it's related to astrobandology. there's no reason to go thinking they found the beatles in space.

it's probably just the monkees.

Fugitive

Druhim wrote: »

Artreus wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

Eh, I could see it being reasonable to be moderately excited about a possible new discovery.

Will the anticipation be better than the actual news? Probably. I don't see the harm though as long as you aren't going around shouting "WE FOUND THE ALIENS"

But that's just it, all we know is that it's related to astrobiology. I'm confident it will be something fairly interesting from a scientific perspective, but I doubt it's going to be something as exciting as, "hey we found extraterrestrial bacteria."

So while it might well be an announcement that they've found some further evidence that their might have been life on another body in the solar system (not going to try and guess which body), I'm willing to bet the evidence is very open to interpretation and is nowhere near conclusive.

Aren't they usually a little less cagey about announcements like that?

I don't know, I'm sure the announcement will at least be interesting to anyone posting in here.

Butler

Scudo wrote: »

now now, all we know is it's related to astrobandology. there's no reason to go thinking they found the beatles in space.

it's probably just the monkees.

Here we come
hurtling through space
Bringing madness and death to
every sentient race

Hey hey we're the Monkees
Harbingers of astral doom
We're gonna kidnap your girlfriend
and plant a demon in her womb

We'll steal your thoughts and your memories
replace them with a catchy tune
Ia! C'thulu fhtagn
We lie in wait behind the moon

Druhim

Fugitive wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

Artreus wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

While interesting, I don't see any reason to get excited about the discovery until we actually know what it is.

Eh, I could see it being reasonable to be moderately excited about a possible new discovery.

Will the anticipation be better than the actual news? Probably. I don't see the harm though as long as you aren't going around shouting "WE FOUND THE ALIENS"

But that's just it, all we know is that it's related to astrobiology. I'm confident it will be something fairly interesting from a scientific perspective, but I doubt it's going to be something as exciting as, "hey we found extraterrestrial bacteria."

So while it might well be an announcement that they've found some further evidence that their might have been life on another body in the solar system (not going to try and guess which body), I'm willing to bet the evidence is very open to interpretation and is nowhere near conclusive.

Aren't they usually a little less cagey about announcements like that?

I don't know, I'm sure the announcement will at least be interesting to anyone posting in here.

Oh yeah, I agree it'll probably be interesting. But getting excited in advance suggests breathless anticipation of some major announcement that they've actually found life on another planet, which is almost certainly not the case. It'll be interesting, but it's unlikely to be groundbreaking. Though it may seem groundbreaking at first (especially after the media dumbs it down and hypes it up).

I absolutely am interested in what they're going to announce, I just have reservations about how amazing it will be.

CrossBuster

They're going to announce that they found conclusive proof that we're completely alone in the universe, and it's going to kind of suck.

Hobnail

Everyone takes their seats and three hundred pounds of tribbles drop down from the cieling

Scudo

CrossBuster wrote: »

They're going to announce that they found conclusive proof that we're completely alone in the universe, and it's going to kind of suck.

it said so on this note we found on Mars

Jordanthehutt

I bet they found another amino acid just chillin out in space. Either way. Cool as fuck. I've thinking about applying to the astrobiology program at Washington University.

Also, don't know if this has been posted but, it's also really cool

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

Fugitive

For some reason I had no idea the rovers were that big.

Or is Curiosity an exception?

Jordanthehutt

I believe it's the largest they have built thus far.

Here's a cool picture to show the difference.

Druhim

Phil Plait of blog Bad Astronomy has a really good post about the upcoming NASA press conference, putting it in perspective and guessing what it's likely to be about (as well as why people should temper wild speculation about what fantastic news they'll announce).

CrossBuster

It's gonna be hot space ladies!

cadmunky

was just gonna post this: http://geeked.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=4281

way late, as always. the conference should be interesting.

Clint Eastwood

space bitches, son

Fishman

I'm just going to put this here and let people make of it what they will

http://spacelog.org/

Druhim

oh my

thank you for posting that!

Artreus

I was hoping it would be about toilets on the ISS

Edcrab

Those transcripts are a great insight, I just wish there weren't so many character errors

And by that I mean seeing stuff like "You're"

Solar

Those transcripts make me want to watch Apollo 13 again.

Which, by the way, is a fantastic movie and if you don't like you are terrible.