What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
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Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#2For some reason, using the entire word "fuck" was shocking in a odd way for me. It's sending mixed signals- it's sounding harsh not funny. I personally think it could be stronger with a nice headline not using it- this idea is really awesome.
There is something off in the relationship between the whole written word and the "ideals" of NASA. I love this, but I think it's a little over-the-top with the whole word being written out.
I can't send this to a niece or nephew with a clean conscience!
Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#3For some reason, using the entire word "fuck" was shocking in a odd way for me. It's sending mixed signals- it's sounding harsh not funny. I personally think it could be stronger with a nice headline not using it- this idea is really awesome. There is something off in the relationship between the whole written word and the "ideals" of NASA. I love this, but I think it's a little over-the-top with the whole word being…
Don't be so fucking american. Swearwords are not not to be used. They serve its function, and here it is part of a well crafted site which is trying to make a point.
edit: Though I agree with harrywincup that the wtf-approach at first seems like nasa did nothing good.
Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#4For some reason, using the entire word "fuck" was shocking in a odd way for me. It's sending mixed signals- it's sounding harsh not funny. I personally think it could be stronger with a nice headline not using it- this idea is really awesome. There is something off in the relationship between the whole written word and the "ideals" of NASA. I love this, but I think it's a little over-the-top with the whole word being…
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Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#5It seems to me that the realisation/delight of discovering all of these incredible benefits to society that come out of NASA carries more than enough weight without requiring the whole "wtf" twist to make this interesting. If anything, it comes across as sounding like NASA hasn't actually done awesome things ("what did they ever do for us?!"), instead of the intended emphasis on the many, many unknown awesome things that affect the world daily.
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#6It seems to me that the realisation/delight of discovering all of these incredible benefits to society that come out of NASA carries more than enough weight without requiring the whole "wtf" twist to make this interesting. If anything, it comes across as sounding like NASA hasn't actually done awesome things ("what did they ever do for us?!"), instead of the intended emphasis on the many, many unknown awesome things…
I think it's meant in an ironic "what have the Romans ever done for us!?" kind of way.
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#7Well they provided hope and dreams for the children, I'm not an American citizen so I don't feel the pain on how they waste their money, but they definitely don't deserve this kind of criticism. Programmers like to reinvent things as well, sometimes in a stupid way just for the sake of research or trying out new things.
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#8But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, viniculture, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#9For some reason, using the entire word "fuck" was shocking in a odd way for me. It's sending mixed signals- it's sounding harsh not funny. I personally think it could be stronger with a nice headline not using it- this idea is really awesome. There is something off in the relationship between the whole written word and the "ideals" of NASA. I love this, but I think it's a little over-the-top with the whole word being…
Don't be so fucking american. Swearwords are not not to be used. They serve its function, and here it is part of a well crafted site which is trying to make a point. edit: Though I agree with harrywincup that the wtf-approach at first seems like nasa did nothing good.
this is a remix of http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/
probably something else before that
Re: What has NASA done to make your life awesome?
#10Meh. The Swiss Patent office did more.
Some of NASA's innovations are the result of its focus on solving the kind of problems no-one has tried to solve before; others are simply the result of so many talented scientists and engineers spending their time there.
The question shouldn't just be "Was NASA worth it", but "what kind of new problems should mankind be working on". Deep sea research in another interesting domain. I'm sure there's plenty of others. Space isn't the only frontier.