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NASA Looking for Bandwidth Sponsorship

Posted by Zonk on from the packets-in-spaaaaace dept.

Neil Halelamien writes "A news release and MSNBC's Cosmic Log report that NASA has a web sponsorship opportunity for companies in return for providing bandwidth support for the two upcoming Space Shuttle missions of Discovery and Atlantis. The missions, scheduled for this summer, are expected to cause 20 to 30 million web site visits each and up to a half million streaming video feeds. The alternative is for NASA to cap the number of visitors. Sponsorship proposals are being accepted through April 13."

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  1. Stupid government republicans are dumb! by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Bush is a big dumbhead and thsi is all because of Bill Gates cant make a good operating system!

    Buy an iPod and a PSP, and whatever else we're supposed to be hocking this week!

    Boycott NASA or something!

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  2. It's all about priorities by grozzie2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The cost of one smart bomb will more than cover the bandwidth needs of nasa for the shuttle coverage. hmmm, says a lot about priorities.

  3. wHY NO COMPETENT wEB ADMINS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How about using a real websurver and THROTTLE the users???

    cripes, any half baked web admin can do this, unless they use MSFT servers.