If NASA want to offer upto $1 billion of cash prizes, I think they'll have to generate most of money for the prizes in other ways, i.e fund raising events, or charging for trips on the Shuttle or to the I.S.S.
I doubt Congress is going to grant them an extra $1 billion a year to just provide the cash prizes. They will have to take the money from elsewhere, i.e current projects and missions, something they are already doing for the Moon - Mars plan. In other words, ain't going to happen. It's a shame really, as we've already seen what the X-Prize is doing, creating more and more determined would-be astronauts and a real effort to make space accessible to all of us. Something like winning a prize from NASA would really be a fledgling space tourism companies PR dream.
yeah, they get defaced, thats one reason to defame all linux users as evil etc etc, but now were going to SLASHDOT them? wheee mass slander incoming...
I suppose thats one way of using up all that nasty CO2... then again we wont get to see the first humans take their helmets off and their heads explode like in Total Recall.... damn, theres always a negative to something....
Actually Halo was already a FPS for the PC before Microsoft bought it. It was a top down view RTS for Mac, then Bungie decided to go PC and FPS. Practically the entire graphics, vehicles, models etc were in place by the time of E3 2000. The E3 video of it running on ironically a GeForce 3 equipped PC is still floating around. Warthog, Master Chief, Dropship, Covenent etc all there, and of course the famous physics engine. It's that same video that made Microsoft go 'right, we want that for Xbox'. Cue the screams of a million hopeful souls in the PC Force as Microsoft bought Bungie and slapped 'Xbox Only' on Halo.
I'm hoping this Ion drive driven S.M.A.R.T 1 will do interesting things like find those elusive water deposits, map the small unchartered areas of the far side (I bet theres still some) and even try and locate the Apollo landers.
The last one will be the coolest for obvious reasons, the first one would be the most profound, for the proposed colony, and the second one, a fuller, completer map of the moon for the future explorers on the surface. It wouldn't surprise me though if a GPS system was set up by then anyway.
Back on subject, this should showcase the usefulness of Ion drives, and prove their application as a propulsion method for little 'inner system' trips like this. (Ion drives were already proven with Deep Space 1 for inter-system propulsion) I doubt they will get used for human ships though, too slow.
Slashdot Mirror
would help if the mirror didnt get nearly slashdotted too lol
Advanced technology in an extreme environment, fantastic stuff!
Yeah when are they going to get to finding Atlantis? I want a cool puddle jumper thingy.
If NASA want to offer upto $1 billion of cash prizes, I think they'll have to generate most of money for the prizes in other ways, i.e fund raising events, or charging for trips on the Shuttle or to the I.S.S.
I doubt Congress is going to grant them an extra $1 billion a year to just provide the cash prizes. They will have to take the money from elsewhere, i.e current projects and missions, something they are already doing for the Moon - Mars plan. In other words, ain't going to happen. It's a shame really, as we've already seen what the X-Prize is doing, creating more and more determined would-be astronauts and a real effort to make space accessible to all of us. Something like winning a prize from NASA would really be a fledgling space tourism companies PR dream.
Live to 1000 Years Old, and just maybe, _just_ maybe, you'll get to play Duke Nukem Forever.
I thought the P4 was theoretical.
come on, give us the URLs, we can give them some slashdot lovin' ;)
could say lack of spellcheck too :P
Gandalf shoots last.
yeah, they get defaced, thats one reason to defame all linux users as evil etc etc, but now were going to SLASHDOT them? wheee mass slander incoming...
$100 with Linux. $250 with Windows.
links a 404 :S
I suppose thats one way of using up all that nasty CO2... then again we wont get to see the first humans take their helmets off and their heads explode like in Total Recall.... damn, theres always a negative to something....
if it went to all 80,000 i assume the surviving 20,000 are now XP boxes?
..will being on TV give us a chance to get laid?
theres also one that says "pwned"
i hate bill gates.
now sue me. i need my xmas money.
OMG a T90! Quick! Activate the T-800!
damn /. give them time to get it released! We've nearly slashdotted the poor buggers. Ooo, shiny new firefox... *downloads*
Let Evercrack Round 2 begin.
Actually Halo was already a FPS for the PC before Microsoft bought it. It was a top down view RTS for Mac, then Bungie decided to go PC and FPS. Practically the entire graphics, vehicles, models etc were in place by the time of E3 2000. The E3 video of it running on ironically a GeForce 3 equipped PC is still floating around. Warthog, Master Chief, Dropship, Covenent etc all there, and of course the famous physics engine. It's that same video that made Microsoft go 'right, we want that for Xbox'. Cue the screams of a million hopeful souls in the PC Force as Microsoft bought Bungie and slapped 'Xbox Only' on Halo.
I suggest the prize should be the Halliburton Iraq Oil contract.
I'm hoping this Ion drive driven S.M.A.R.T 1 will do interesting things like find those elusive water deposits, map the small unchartered areas of the far side (I bet theres still some) and even try and locate the Apollo landers.
The last one will be the coolest for obvious reasons, the first one would be the most profound, for the proposed colony, and the second one, a fuller, completer map of the moon for the future explorers on the surface. It wouldn't surprise me though if a GPS system was set up by then anyway.
Back on subject, this should showcase the usefulness of Ion drives, and prove their application as a propulsion method for little 'inner system' trips like this. (Ion drives were already proven with Deep Space 1 for inter-system propulsion) I doubt they will get used for human ships though, too slow.
and mental security...
you fold it about 1024 times. Then it should fit in the envelope. Wouldn't want to be the clerk opening it though...
We already have a virtual trip of Mars. It's called Doom 3.