The Gov Needs To Market Nasa A Little Better
02-05-2003, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by lane_change' date='Feb 5 2003, 07:30 AM
[quote name='teknics' date='Feb 4 2003, 10:21 PM'] the reason no one cares is that they dont see it as something they, the average person, will do and therefore dont want to get their hopes up of doing it. Once it becomes logical to do "average people space walks" people will regain interest....right now people are more into UFOs 
kevin.
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I remember all the I want to be an astronaut, firefighter, policeman, etc.. when I was a kid. Now everyone wants to be a musician, athlete, lawyer, doctor, etc.. how cool is it to want to be a lawyer? I mean these kids are 10 years old and already know that lawyers make bank so they are already looking for monetary values in a job, nothing exciting like we used to, that is pathetic. Not that a lawyer is a bad goal in life, but for a kid to think about how much a job gets paid, that sucks ***. An athlete is a given for most kids, I know I wanted to be one, but it is fun if you make it or not, so no harm in trying.
Scott [/quote]
you might want to read some noam chomsky, he has interesting theories on spectator sports, and other things the institutions are responsible for making society preoccupied with. Mainly to keep the general public from being interested in the things which really matter and effect our lives, among many other things. Theres a book I read some of recently called understanding power which is a collection of noam chomsky articles/interviews etc... it's pretty interesting, though he's kindof crazy
02-05-2003, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:55 AM
[quote name='lane_change' date='Feb 5 2003, 07:30 AM'] [quote name='teknics' date='Feb 4 2003, 10:21 PM'] the reason no one cares is that they dont see it as something they, the average person, will do and therefore dont want to get their hopes up of doing it. Once it becomes logical to do "average people space walks" people will regain interest....right now people are more into UFOs
kevin.
kevin.
I remember all the I want to be an astronaut, firefighter, policeman, etc.. when I was a kid. Now everyone wants to be a musician, athlete, lawyer, doctor, etc.. how cool is it to want to be a lawyer? I mean these kids are 10 years old and already know that lawyers make bank so they are already looking for monetary values in a job, nothing exciting like we used to, that is pathetic. Not that a lawyer is a bad goal in life, but for a kid to think about how much a job gets paid, that sucks ***. An athlete is a given for most kids, I know I wanted to be one, but it is fun if you make it or not, so no harm in trying.
Scott [/quote]
you might want to read some noam chomsky, he has interesting theories on spectator sports, and other things the institutions are responsible for making society preoccupied with. Mainly to keep the general public from being interested in the things which really matter and effect our lives, among many other things. Theres a book I read some of recently called understanding power which is a collection of noam chomsky articles/interviews etc... it's pretty interesting, though he's kindof crazy
**** sports, bunch of over paid baby's that make more money then anyone else on the planet for nothing and still manage to find the time to bitch.
While we sit around and bitch about how much doctors charge for saving our lives, but never once mention the fact that some douche bag makes 12 million a year swinging a stick at a round ball and running in circles with a piece of leather strapped to his hand.
What professional sports once had, it no longer does. The "sport" has been taken completely out of it and replaced with "big business".
02-05-2003, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' date='Feb 5 2003, 10:02 AM
[quote name='pengaru' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:55 AM'] [quote name='lane_change' date='Feb 5 2003, 07:30 AM'] [quote name='teknics' date='Feb 4 2003, 10:21 PM'] the reason no one cares is that they dont see it as something they, the average person, will do and therefore dont want to get their hopes up of doing it. Once it becomes logical to do "average people space walks" people will regain interest....right now people are more into UFOs
kevin.
kevin.
I remember all the I want to be an astronaut, firefighter, policeman, etc.. when I was a kid. Now everyone wants to be a musician, athlete, lawyer, doctor, etc.. how cool is it to want to be a lawyer? I mean these kids are 10 years old and already know that lawyers make bank so they are already looking for monetary values in a job, nothing exciting like we used to, that is pathetic. Not that a lawyer is a bad goal in life, but for a kid to think about how much a job gets paid, that sucks ***. An athlete is a given for most kids, I know I wanted to be one, but it is fun if you make it or not, so no harm in trying.
Scott [/quote]
you might want to read some noam chomsky, he has interesting theories on spectator sports, and other things the institutions are responsible for making society preoccupied with. Mainly to keep the general public from being interested in the things which really matter and effect our lives, among many other things. Theres a book I read some of recently called understanding power which is a collection of noam chomsky articles/interviews etc... it's pretty interesting, though he's kindof crazy
**** sports, bunch of over paid baby's that make more money then anyone else on the planet for nothing and still manage to find the time to bitch.
While we sit around and bitch about how much doctors charge for saving our lives, but never once mention the fact that some douche bag makes 12 million a year swinging a stick at a round ball and running in circles with a piece of leather strapped to his hand.
What professional sports once had, it no longer does. The "sport" has been taken completely out of it and replaced with "big business". [/quote]
its all about social stucture.
02-05-2003, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by drifter' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:09 AM
And, I just recently heard, that because the computer systems are so old in the shuttles, the nasa scientists are having to buy parts off e-bay for the shuttle computer systems. Can you believe that?
02-05-2003, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ryan' date='Feb 6 2003, 05:36 AM
[quote name='drifter' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:09 AM']And, I just recently heard, that because the computer systems are so old in the shuttles, the nasa scientists are having to buy parts off e-bay for the shuttle computer systems. Can you believe that?
Yeah? I heard they took the word gullible out of the dictionary. Can you believe that?
02-06-2003, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by drifter' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:58 PM
[quote name='ryan' date='Feb 6 2003, 05:36 AM'] [quote name='drifter' date='Feb 5 2003, 09:09 AM']And, I just recently heard, that because the computer systems are so old in the shuttles, the nasa scientists are having to buy parts off e-bay for the shuttle computer systems. Can you believe that?
Yeah? I heard they took the word gullible out of the dictionary. Can you believe that?
and they added wedgie!!!
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