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NASA Announces Next Mars Mission
Grant Henninger writes "Today, NASA announced their final selection for the Mars Scout 2013 mission: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN. MAVEN will provide the first direct measurements ever taken to address key scientific questions about Mars's evolution by measuring characteristics of its atmospheric gases, upper atmosphere, solar wind, and ionosphere. The mission, estimated to cost $485M, is scheduled for launch in late 2013."
Hoyven MAVEN!
Wow, what a boring science mission.
I say we attack them instead and keep the planet for ourselves.
NASA's Mars Exploration Program seeks to characterize and understand Mars as a dynamic system, including its present and past environment, climate cycles, geology and biological potential
That means, How difficult is it to land troops?
Yes, but are they looking for oil?
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Can we keep the same units of measurement this time? (That was a Mars mission right?)
In other news NASA has just issued a press release stating that the proposed $485M mission is already over budget.
Try working in the DoD itself. You're presented with the full-retard breadth of bad acronyms on the daily. But when I try and be creative and come up with something like SADIST or SMEGMA, my boss just tells me to go back to my desk.
Have us engineering students, engineers and insane rocket enthusiasts/investors design a mission to mars using live animals to test as many technologies as possible before you even think of sending a human mission. We US engineers are either bored building endless varieties of consumer crap or worrying what are we will be asked to build in a war with Russia and Iran. I vote C, a moused mission to mars. Think of the merchandising!
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The Brits did something like that a few years ago...impromptu mission to study Mars surface via high energy impact. Beagle 2 was the name of the impact device.
There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom.
MAVEN - the toilet paper!
MAVEN - the action figure!
MAVEN - the breakfast cereal!
MAVEN - the flame thrower! (the kids love this one)
Similar to the upcoming US election results
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Catchy Acronyms That Can Help Increase Economic Resources.
Yeah, I'm bored, and have spent too much time playing !acro on IRC.
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
Avid /. readers will know to immediately convert the area in kitchen tables (Kt) to Cities of Bristol (Cb).
1 Kt = 2.026e-8 Cb
Of course, NASA should take pains not to confuse Kt (area) and kt (speed).
People who write acronyms contain so much fail.
Mais Oui, especially when they appeaR to be Overtly creating the Name to fit the acronymS.
Sam! If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.