NASA Think Tank to be Shut Down

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:25AM from the ice-cream-dept-still-intact dept.

Matthew Sparkes writes "NASA will likely shut down its Institute for Advanced Concepts, which funds research into futuristic ideas in spaceflight and aeronautics. The move highlights the budget problems the agency is facing as it struggles to retire the space shuttles and develop a replacement. The institute receives $4 million per year from NASA, whose annual budget is $17 billion. Most of that is used to fund research into innovative technologies; recent grants include the conceptual development of spacecraft that could surf the solar system on magnetic fields, motion-sensitive spacesuits that could generate power and tiny, spherical robots that could explore Mars."

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Re:OH, "Think Tank" (Score:2, Funny)

by eclectro ( 227083 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:36AM (#18429467)

I think that it'd be safe to say that the think tank lost it's foam.

Really!! May I be the first.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:36AM (#18429469)

...to welcome our "tiny, spherical robot overlords who could explore Mars."

Also known as 'meteorites'. Exploring doesn't mean you have to phone back home!

Re:Can somebody give us a list... (Score:5, Funny)

by Gr8Apes ( 679165 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @11:37AM (#18429479)

Tang

Re:Who is going to...... (Score:2, Funny)

by physicsboy500 ( 645835 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @12:18PM (#18430029)

Don't you watch South Park?! it'll be MASA... The Mexican Aeronautics and Space Administration and the good part is they'll do it for pennies on the dollar. 17 Billion pesos there is about 5 bucks!

Re:Can somebody give us a list... (Score:4, Funny)

by mypalmike ( 454265 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @12:19PM (#18430039) Homepage

"Memory-foam" mattresses

Re:% of $17B/yr That is Wasted? (Score:5, Funny)

by Red Flayer ( 890720 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @12:27PM (#18430137) Journal

Can anyone think of anything that the US government is spending money on that it shouldn't?
Wow. Dude, this is Slashdot, home of foaming-at-the-mouth anarchists and libertarians (among many other categories of people this post doesn't apply to, like tree-hugging granola-crunching Birkenstock-wearing non-showering reefer-smoking hippies).

Are you trolling for replies or seriously asking that question?

Ob. bash.org quote... (Score:2, Funny)

by beset ( 745752 ) writes: on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @12:52PM (#18430569) Homepage

<Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam <bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls

Re:Can somebody give us a list... (Score:3, Funny)

by travdaddy ( 527149 ) writes: <`travo' `at' `linuxmail.org'> on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @02:08PM (#18431923)

Tang

That's a damn good list!

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Re:OH, "Think Tank" (Score:2, Funny)

Really!! May I be the first.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Can somebody give us a list... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Who is going to...... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Can somebody give us a list... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:% of $17B/yr That is Wasted? (Score:5, Funny)

Ob. bash.org quote... (Score:2, Funny)

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