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India and NASA to Explore Moon Together
hotsauce writes "NASA administrator Griffin on a visit to Indian space facilities in Bangalore has signed an agreement to explore the moon with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This agreement will see NASA instruments on a 2008 Indian moon mission, and further cooperation is being explored. An Indian paper has a different take on the visit. Interesting answer by Griffin on NASA outsourcing to ISRO."
And you thought the latency on calls to Dell's help desk was bad now...
Trolling is a art,
Curried Tang
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
Since most people won't bother to read TFA to get the answer to the tease:
;)
Griffin said NASA was not looking to outsource some of its work to ISRO. NASA was looking to combine the resources both agencies to undertake ventures of mutual interest.
That sounds like the mantra just before they officially announce 'well yeah, they are so cheap we will start outsourcing our engineers'. Now just how long before congress and the president is outsourced to india?
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
The race to open the first lunar Kwik-E-Mart.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
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NASA has decided that it would be cheaper to send Indian employees up with the astronauts and sell the radio equipment. If the austronauts have a problem, they can ask the tech support crew, who will have scripts for the most common problem situations.
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
that flying carpets are a myth, right? I know NASA is under some budget crunches, but honestly...
First they let the hispanic workers take the low skill jobs. No problem, we'll go mid level.
Then they outsource our mid level jobs to Indians and Chinese. We're told highly skill fields will be our edge.
Now the Indians have infiltrated the highly skilled fields. Unemployed. Fries? No, those jobs are taken by the hispanics.
Welfare! Shit, it ran out as the elite spent it all on the oil war.
Pray to God? He's not home. Islamation of the western world is busy removing said diety.
Bit fucked now aren't we? How dare our government let us fall. Anger! How about civil war?
The elite few will fix that as the final part of their plan of global totalitarian socialism, the New World order.
Tommorrow
You mispelled 'Yesterday'.
--Phillip
Can you say BIRTH TAX
Newkyuler power in space? Good god man, you'll kill us all! If the thing blows up or de-orbits, that amount of newkyuler participles could, uh, well I don't really know but I'm going to go with "reduce the planet to a glassy sphere." Won't someone think of the children? You can't hug a children with radioactive satellites.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
...received from my Crystal Ball(TM):
"New Delhi, we have a problem."
"Thank you for calling Mission Control. May I be having your name, address, and current software version please?"
"The software has locked us out. We need you to make a course correction in exactly 20 seconds!"
"Certainly sir. If I could just be having your license number please."
"License number?! Just fire thrusters 2 and 3 for 4.5 seconds on my mark!"
"You're Mark? Thank you for giving me your name, but I am needing your license code too please."
"Our license number is going to be 3-D-E-A-D-G-U-Y-S if you don't fire the thrusters in--5 seconds!"
"If this is an emergency request, please be giving me your express service code."
"Express... Hey Buzz, crack the main hatch open for 5 seconds on my mark... NOW! We'll have to hope this works."
"I'm sorry sir, but it appears you have voided your warranty. Please be having a nice day."[click]
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