'Space Vikings' Spark (Unfounded) NASA Waste Inquiry 147
sciencehabit writes "For Ved Chirayath, a graduate student and amateur fashion photographer, a photo project that involved NASA researchers dressed as Vikings was just a creative way to promote space science. 'I started this project hoping maybe one day some kid will look at it and say, 'I want to work for NASA,' ' says Chirayath, a student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who also works nearby at NASA's Ames Research Center. He never suspected that his fanciful image would put him in the crosshairs of a government waste investigation triggered by a senior U.S. senator."
The project was funded by an outside art grant. The best part: the investigation into the non-existent waste probably cost more than the "waste" would have were it funded by NASA in the first place.
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Re:Most confusing headline ever (Score:5, Funny)
No problems parsing the headline. However, my twisted mental faculties imagined things much more entertaining than what eventually played out.....
Re:Most confusing headline ever (Score:0, Funny)
Me no like dotty things or curly things around words, dotty things and curly things around words so scary!
Re:Most confusing headline ever (Score:5, Funny)
Funny thing, I didn't even have to read TFA to know it was a Republican congresscritter.
Correct response to Grassley: (in baby talk) "who's a braying ass? YOU're a braying ass, yes you are!
They violated NASA procedures (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly they have violated Standard NASA Ames Procedures [archive.org] for dealing with this sort of thing.
They failed to fill out a both the DARC-820AD -- 'Identifying a Barbarian Attack' and FF-1066AD -- 'Report of Viking Raid' forms.