NASA Has Outed Herself
Keith’s note: NASA just issued a press release “Our Solar System and Beyond: NASA’s Search for Water and Habitable Planets” for an event next week and included this graphic.
Apparently she (NASA) is coming out of the celestial closet. Who knew 😉
I see they didn’t include any astrobiologists. If the subject is habitable planets, shouldn’t one be at the table?
I’m sure they would be harassed it if was a male figure, too. Nice graphic. Thumbs up.
When was NASA officially a she?
“[The] NACA sought to put some distance between its own skirts
and the…world of commercial enterprise” (Roland ch.6).
Oh yeah, I forgot, at that time skirts were women’s wardrobe. So I guess that counts.
No .. look at the large version of the image. I do not think that is a male profile.
I know. It was questioning why the figure was female. But…apparently officially NASA once wore a skirt!
Until NASA starts launching our own astronauts into space again, the quote should be, “We’re Down Here!”
Jessica Rabbit in space.
Maybe it is just me, but to me it somewhat resembles a Christian cross. Released right before Easter, I am a bit troubled by this picture.
Sometimes a banana is just a banana.
Just look at it!
(OK, I’ll explain: That’s a direct quote from Ray Comfort, he go young earth fame, using the example of an example of how obviously everything around us is made by God. He exclaimed “Just look at it!”, not realizing that the modern banana has no relation to the unmodified version.)
Well, that figure is rather a’peeling
I believe the concept of “Outing” refers to the revealing of a previously concealed sexual orientation; it has nothing to do with gender. The concept of the fertility of life has been represented since classical times by the female figure, it is both esthetic and tasteful, and there is nothing to indicate that it represents NASA itself. However I’m a little surprised at the absence of astrobiology on the panel.
I don’t understand why the shadow on the floor of the NASA Water and Organics presser graphic also has huge flares coming out of the locations it does. Gravitational lensing phenomena perhaps.
I’m also wondering at this moment if anyone at NASA has been able to discover water and organics on Neptune. Since it is so dark out there, I’m sure nobody is concerned about habitability.
Betting a dollar this soiree will be cancelled.
To me, it’s just some lady who’s about to swan dive into the Sun.
Only questions remaining then are: whether she remembered to lather on that SPF 9,000,000,000, and did she wait 30 minutes after eating?
What?