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NASA Seeks Geniuses and Visionaries
Dotnaught writes "The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts has put out a call for 'revolutionary ideas to advance the Vision for Space Exploration.' Would-be visionaries are invited to submit their ideas by February 13, 2006, as explained in this Call for Proposals. Phase 1 grants range from $50K to $75K. Phase 2 grants go up to $400K. Sample grand visions include how to create a 'self-sustaining, human presence throughout the solar system' and 'truly autonomous robotic operations for exploration and habitation.'" If any Slash users end up with the grants, we call dibs on interviews.
I think there should be a space shuttle that doesn't use foam.
Genetically modify humans for space travel. Characteristics include low gravity condition and extended life DNA programming. As soon as I get off of this LSD trip I will try to submit it.
Not exactly rocket science is it? oh..
/. is good for you.
Asimov died in 1992, this means from current copyright laws that is ideas cannot be used commercially for another 62 years without serious legal retributions from his estate. Another reason why dying old is bad for the advancement of human civilization.
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Do you hear that? It's the sound of someone trying to justify their unemployment.
The RIAA? Do I win?
Q: Why did Captain Kirk pee on the ceiling?
A: To go where no man has gone before.
Honestly, there's a great scene in Apollo 13 where the crew was staring out the Command Module window as the waste tank was sprayed out into the space. NASA needs some great toilet bowl thinkers if they want to succeed.
How do you find out if someone is a genius or visionary in the course of an interview? I think a true genius or visionary would come off as a nut, or at least someone who is unable to work in a team, in an interview.
If he jumps on your desk, pulls down his pants, and starts drinking his own pee, he's a nut. If he purifies the pee with a filter he designed himself before he drinks it, he's a genius.
Only if they is grammatically correct.
-- You ain't seen me, right?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
In English English there is a colloqualism "genius" that means means the exact reverse; "What genius did this!"
With that in mind, do we really think NASA needs more geniuses (genii?) and visionaries? I think they need more people that can roll up their sleeves, get their thumbs out of their posteriors, and get some darned work done. JPL seems the only bastion of sense and progress in this massive faceless beauracracy. The rest of it seems to be stuck on the vexing question of exactly what color should the foam on the shuttle external tank ramp be? And should the diameter of the CEV be more or less than it was in 1968... Aggghhhh!!!!
(Sorry Douglas Adams)
Call me angry? No, I'm just a voiceless tax payer.
my high-interest bank account
Which bank do you use? High interest bank accounts anymore are those that are giving 1%. Many are less than 1% anymore. Or are you reading interest rates the way you read rulers and claim they say 10 inches.....
Invent a cheaper bed for sleeping. Those tempurpedics certified by the Space Foundation are ridiculously expensive... I was about to get one until I saw the price.