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Help NASA Count Contrails

Posted by timothy on from the look-there's-one dept.

Bubblehead writes "NASA is looking for volunteers to count Contrails in the sky: "We're looking for special clouds called contrails. We want students, teachers and parents all over the world to report the number of contrails in the sky on October 14-15." Contrails are usually created by planes in the sky - here are a few examples."

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  1. Re:Why? by xenoarch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most likely some scientist in NASA has a pet project, lost funding to get satelite time, so figured getting others to do his work for him. Or they are testing reliablity of volunteers to do it. IE they'll count from Sat photo's then take a avergae count of people in same area and see how reliable it is. I do find it odd that they are asking right after the solar eclipse today. Coincedence most liekly but still odd.

  2. A social event by kettlechips · · Score: 2, Insightful
    And, perhaps, induce scientific hunger in the youngsters.

    It couldn't possibly be anything else. Had they picked something more rare to count, all the kids would drop it after ten minutes.

    Since a contrail is probably visible at any moment on 99.9% of U.S. territory, the danger of youthful boredom is cunningly averted!