Crashing Success
I can just see the NASA meeting...
Head NASA Dude: What are we gonna do? We keep spending billions of tax dollars on spaceships that keep crashing. We need a big success story or people are gonna get antsy. We need to play to our strengths... what are we good at?
Second NASA Dude: Er... making spaceships crash?
Head NASA Dude: Brilliant! So we'll deliberately crash a spacecraft into something! That can't go wrong.
Third NASA Dude: Okay. Er... what do you want us to hit sir? There's not much up there we haven't already crashed into.
Head NASA Dude: How 'bout a comet? There's loads of them critters up there, right?
Second NASA Dude: Yeah, sir. Quite a few... and I guess it would make a big bang...
Head NASA Dude: Americans love big bangs! We'll film it all from another spacecraft! It'll be like a movie! We'll give the whole mission a big Hollywood name! Let's brainstorm mission names that sound like movies!
Third NASA Dude: Well, er, there was that film Deep Impact...
Head NASA Dude: "The Deep Impact Mission"! I love it! I'm tired of brainstorming, let's go for lunch!
Head NASA Dude: What are we gonna do? We keep spending billions of tax dollars on spaceships that keep crashing. We need a big success story or people are gonna get antsy. We need to play to our strengths... what are we good at?
Second NASA Dude: Er... making spaceships crash?
Head NASA Dude: Brilliant! So we'll deliberately crash a spacecraft into something! That can't go wrong.
Third NASA Dude: Okay. Er... what do you want us to hit sir? There's not much up there we haven't already crashed into.
Head NASA Dude: How 'bout a comet? There's loads of them critters up there, right?
Second NASA Dude: Yeah, sir. Quite a few... and I guess it would make a big bang...
Head NASA Dude: Americans love big bangs! We'll film it all from another spacecraft! It'll be like a movie! We'll give the whole mission a big Hollywood name! Let's brainstorm mission names that sound like movies!
Third NASA Dude: Well, er, there was that film Deep Impact...
Head NASA Dude: "The Deep Impact Mission"! I love it! I'm tired of brainstorming, let's go for lunch!
And you are right, NASA needs some success stories. I just doubt they are that blatant. The Mars rovers were good. (Still had a right laugh though!)
Thanks for stopping by mine.
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"Fill her up, unleaded, and give the heat shield a wipe while you're at it."
"Certainly, sir - that's $30,000, chargable to the U.S. Govt.? Oh, sorry sir, your credit card has been refused, something to do with a $54 billion overdraft. Cash? That will do nicely. And for you, sir, a complimentary set of 1,592 imitation crystal tumblers. Shall I put them in the cargo hold? Have a nice orbit, sir".
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