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Maybe NASA could do a KIckstarter to top up it's budget ;-)
Forgive my ignorance, but could you elaborate on what the world gets out of NASA scientific research?
Tassie Dave wrote: " Maybe NASA could do a KIckstarter to top up it's budget ;-) "Hah! funny. Would be better that some crap I kickstarted
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Even if was just knowledge it would be enough. NASA missions and research has advanced the human race's collective knowledge immensely.
Pre-NASA we knew almost nothing about our own solar system. Now we have visited every single planet, even Pluto gets a visit next year. Scientific knowledge is the most important thing we can pass on to future generations.
All the technology that makes it to the public is a bonus.
$17.5 Billion a year sounds a lot but the military gets that every 12 days.
NASA has a database of products created due to their research going back to 1976. http://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff/database It has everything from Anti-Icing Formulas to Prevent Train Delays to hang gliders.
(Fixed typo in ULR. Thanks Dara)
(Fixed typo in ULR. Thanks Dara)
Tassie Dave wrote: "Even if was just knowledge it would be enough. NASA missions and research has advanced the human race's collective knowledge immensely. Pre-NASA we knew almost nothing about our own solar system. Now we have visited every single planet, even Pluto gets a visit next year. Scientific knowledge is the most important thing we can pass on to future generations.
All the technology that makes it to the public is a bonus.
$17.5 Billion a year sounds a lot but the military gets that every 12 days. "
This. *applause*
David wrote: "NASA has a database of products created due to their research going back to 1976. http://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff/datab... It has everything from Anti-Icing Formulas to Prevent Train Delays to han..."Your link didn't work so here's one: http://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff/spins...
Apparently nobody at NASA reads Arthur C. Clark. We ought to leave Europa alone.
But Dww108...the diamonds! Think of the diamonds!
True John. True. I just think somebody at NASA should read Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and focus on Mars instead of Europa. We are supposed to leave Europa alone. And for Pete's sake, don't rely on super computers to control the vessel that gets us that deep into space.
Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
A dedicated mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, one of the best bets for life beyond Earth in our solar system, has inched a little closer to reality today. The Obama Administration’s 2015 NASA budget request (.pdf) asks for $17.5 billion for the agency, a slight drop from last year and more than a billion less than its 2010 peak of $18.7 billion. The request represents the things that the White House would like to see NASA pursue and includes funding for “pre-formulation work” on a mission that would fly by Europa, make detailed observations, and perhaps sample its interior ocean.A dedicated mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, one of the best bets for life beyond Earth in our solar system, has inched a little closer to reality today. The Obama Administration’s 2015 NASA budget request (.pdf) asks for $17.5 billion for the agency, a slight drop from last year and more than a billion less than its 2010 peak of $18.7 billion. The request represents the things that the White House would like to see NASA pursue and includes funding for “pre-formulation work” on a mission that would fly by Europa, make detailed observations, and perhaps sample its interior ocean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Guc2T...