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NASA Parts Scroungers Resort To eBay For Parts

Posted by timothy on from the no-reserve-must-see-1st-owner dept.

beggs writes: "The New York Times is running this article about NASA using ebay and other web resources to find for sale stock piles of old hardware it needs to keep the Space Shuttle fleet up and running -- things like 8086 chips from pre-PC days!" Come to think of it, this might be a better way to take care of most NASA bidding anyhow.

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  1. Its about time by The-Pheon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    for me to start hoarding 8086's!

    My economics courses are all a blur, but..
    Less supply -> higher cost

    of course, there isn't much demand ;O)

  2. Heehee by Devil's+BSD · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now you know how to get your $6 million Russian Space Shuttle *state-of-the-art*.

    --
    I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
  3. Re:When that day comes by glrotate · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Might not mean much to you, but to some of us such things are why life exists.

    My point exactly. This is an ego trip, not anything rational. That's fine, I just wish more space advocates would admit it.

    Why don't you climb everest or scuba dive? Why must you pick a hobby that requires spending billions of other peoples dollars?