NASA Seeking Innovative Ideas from Public

Mike Peel writes "Science Blog is reporting that NASA is seeking proposals 'for creating and managing innovative activities, events, products, services, or other types of formal or informal education methods for the purpose of disseminating information nationally about NASA's projects and programs.'" Sadly I don't think simply providing them with a list of people you want shot into space counts.

Comments

Re:NASA has needed an overhaul for decades

[slightlyspacey]

You insensitive clod, rednecks have feelings too :). At least the rednecks that I knew while working there took pride in what they were doing. The problem is not with the guys that are on the floor turning the bolts and doing the real work. The problem is with the 15 layers of kingdom-building middle-management. Think of "Office Space" on stereoids and you start to get an idea ....

Re:How about killing the shuttle and doing science

[davidsyes]

We need to remove more famine from Earth before we go on more luxury/bragging cruises to other planets.

I suppose if we found a hidden colony of exiles or prisoners JUST below the US in terms of power, we humans would be made targets because assholes want to play Masters of the Universe.

We have more important missions down here, like bolstering education, feeding people, fighting AIDS and HIV, stabilizing regimes even if we don't LIKE them, fixing our terrestrial foreign policy, ridding offices of corrupt, dangerous, myopic, evil, and unctuous people.

If we have $10 BILLION to GIVE to NASA, we should tell them, "You need to take another 5-year break. We're diverting the money to CIVIL applications. COMMUNITY applications. HOMELESSNESS reduction programs."

Stupid-ass humans. Priorities: Conquest, subsumation, power projection, economic exploitation, political control, techno-braggery... above almost all else...

Personally, I hope nature keeps on setting us back until we PROVE, PROVE we deserve to get past the moon. Right now, in my uncorrupted observation, NOOOOO country on this planet deserves, has any right, or ought to be allowed "out there". Humans are still TOO DANGEROUS!

NASA and government should concentrate on Terra Firma, near-Earth orbit research, and stop wasting TRILLIONS on pet projects we DON'T YET **NEED***.