NASA Pondering Two Public Contests To Build Small Space Exploration Satellites 127
coondoggie writes "NASA today said it was looking into developing two new Centennial Challenge competitions that would let the public design, build and deliver small satellites known as Cubesats capable of operations and experiments near the moon and beyond. The first challenge will focus on finding innovative ways to allow deep space communications with small spacecraft, while the second focuses on primary propulsion for small spacecraft."
Beta... (Score:5, Interesting)
Geez, when are they going to shit can this beta web site. It is total garbage.......
Make Beta go away please (Score:5, Interesting)
I've been a Slashdot quite a while, been so long I can't remember. This new beta site needs to go. The current layout works just fine. The new one looks like one of those SEO spam sites used to get clicks. Please make it go away.
Buying Slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)
What do you guys think a fair price for slashdot would be? I'm curious because I'm thinking about starting a kickstarter or something to buy slashdot and turn it into a community run forum.
This site is valuable because of the community it has. I don't come here for the articles, I come here for the discussions. I know that the majority of the people who come here do so for the same reasons. DICE doesn't get that, and once they kill the community there won't be any real way to rebuild it. I think that would be a shame since I love this place. For all its flaws I think the community here is awesome.
So, what do you guys think? Is it at all within the realm of reason to buy slashdot and make it ours?
--Cheers,
Greg
How long before we can no longer avoid the beta? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Buying Slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)
There's a discussion about a fork over here [slashdot.org].
somenickname (1270442) has registered some domain names [slashdot.org] that could be used (http://bangslashdot.org|.com|.net) (eg !/.)