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India and NASA to Explore Moon Together

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-has-an-angle dept.

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."

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  1. Can you hear me now? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    And you thought the latency on calls to Dell's help desk was bad now...

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  2. Two Words by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Curried Tang

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    1. Re:Two Words by Chagatai · · Score: 2, Funny
      That just makes my colon hurt by looking at it. Thanks for the nightmare fuel.

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    2. Re:Two Words by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 2, Funny

      In a confined space?! Are you mad!?

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  3. Re:Griffin's answer by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 2, Funny

    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? ;)

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  4. And so it begins... by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The race to open the first lunar Kwik-E-Mart.

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  5. Re:Griffin's answer by Phillup · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tommorrow

    You mispelled 'Yesterday'.

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  6. Re:Griffin's answer by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  7. Conversation from the mission... by geobeck · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...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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  8. Re:NASA is aware... by xamomike · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually I do believe most of the technology is invented by the non-ignorant Americans... or it comes from Japan.

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