Building A Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045, The Onion
“It may seem impossible now, but we hope to realize the vision of establishing a human presence in NASA deeper into the century than ever before imagined,” Bolden added. When questioned about the plan’s viability, Bolden told reporters that while certain doubts remain, the project was nonetheless an absolutely crucial undertaking for NASA.”
Keith’s update: We can call it #JourneyToNASA. Funny: although The Onion is a satire publication, its mockery often speaks more truth than the target of the mockery may be willing to admit. NASA often acts as if its purpose is to exist.
I hope they establish a human presence in NASA soon.
Indeed! 😉
And they will most likely fail to achieve it.
“…this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of making a very big, humongous rocket and doing all kinds of space stuff with it, or something like that…” – NASA 😉
Actually, that was Congress. That they were determined to fund the rocket but don’t care to fund things to do with it speaks to the extent to which they see NASA as a vote-buying jobs program for their respective districts.
Given no direction, NASA can’t help but exist for the sake of existing. Goals with reputations at stake are exceptional motivators.
I just hope they don’t start a new Cold War to justify it.
But wouldn’t that be fun.
They need to be around – to cheer on the commercial launches that will be occurring frequently.
And that should be one of their primary functions – to develop the next technology that can be adopted by industry to push us all forward. New tech and pure science have always been NASA’s best products.
NASA should drop aeronautics from its name, then it will have a acronym the congress dare not cut.
yeow! I sometimes remind people to not confuse NASA with the other agency that has one less “A” and has endless supplies of money and can do whatever they want.
Abolish PowerPoint, PostIt Notes and all forms of digital communication.
Then together, we will rule the galaxy!!!!
FYI, Pete Worden said he did not creat the phrase “self licking ice cream cone.” It is an old air force expression.
A recent alumni league discussion was about whether NASA and our local center can survive. I don’t think the time frame was 2045. More like 2025, or sooner.
It is hard to meet their charter’s goals if they do not exist.