Well you know it's going to be a piece of shiat. But with NASA involved an expensive piece of shiat.

crab66: Well you know it's going to be a piece of shiat. But with NASA involved an expensive piece of shiat.

NASA Generally doesn't build pieces of shiat.

They tend to build the best damned thing they can build for the highest possible cost and quality.

All the diodes all up and down the left side will be defective and he'll have migraines, right?

NASA needs something to do since Obama shot them down and GM is so great at looking into the future.

This should go well.

irwhiteboi: crab66: Well you know it's going to be a piece of shiat. But with NASA involved an expensive piece of shiat.

NASA Generally doesn't build pieces of shiat.

They tend to build the best damned thing they can build for the highest possible cost and quality.


I guess you missed the "GM" part.

I see this ending in one of two ways:



or

Just reverse the polarity on the diatomic converters and get the Tachyon stream up and running.

irwhiteboi: crab66: Well you know it's going to be a piece of shiat. But with NASA involved an expensive piece of shiat.

NASA Generally doesn't build pieces of shiat.

They tend to build the best damned thing they can build for the highest possible cost and quality.

Their Moon landscape in their soundstage was incredibly lifelike for its time.

Maybe someday we can even try to send a robot to Mars. Probably not something I'll ever get to see in my lifetime, though.

Let's hope this one can use contractions.

We don't really want those probes to come back, do we?

They do have experience collaborating...

1nsanilicious: I see this ending in one of two ways:

I see infinite possibilities.

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. That's not my job."

US Robotics and Mechanical Men Corporation approves.

/ Hot like a positronic neural net.

I will never, ever buy a GM or a Chrysler. Biggest pieces of crap ever.

Honda's and Ford FTW!

I for one welcome our new.... who am i kidding its not going to work

NASA will build something like the Heart of Gold.

GM will build the food replicator that will produce something that is similar to, but entirely unlike Earl Gray tea.

Foaming: OnStar became self-aware at 2:14am EDT August 29, 1997...

Aaaaand we're done here.

MBooda: 1nsanilicious: I see this ending in one of two ways:

I see infinite possibilities.

Yeah, but we're talking about a GM creation here. I didnt want to insult Data, and the Borg are more (cy)borg than robot. We already have sex robots now, if thats what your implying.

Will it look like John Malkovich?

/obscure?

Yeah it'll end up in a porno eventually

MBooda: 1nsanilicious: I see this ending in one of two ways:

I see infinite possibilities.

I see dead people

GM makes some crappy cars and they make some great cars. The great ones cost a bit more money. That's not going to be a problem when they're working with NASA.

They made this movie in 1987 with John Malcovich... "Making Mr. Right"

cowgirl toffee: Maybe NASA can help GM with that whole crappy transmission, shiaty engine, and faulty drive train thing.

Naa. What am I thinking, NASA doesn't have THAT kind of money.

Ain't that the truth. But than again, GM doesn't either.
NASA budget for 2010, $19 billion.
GM's pension plan is currently underfunded by $20 billion.

Says hi.

Here we go.

If you're not going to go, stop looking. I don't really give a wet fart about what the moon is made of or the speed of the winds on Neptune if we never have any intention of GOING there.

We need elbow room and frontiers, not more pictures of rocks from million dollar tonka toys.

So, in a couple of decades, we'll have space rednecks, right?.

hitlersbrain: If you're not going to go, stop looking. I don't really give a wet fart about what the moon is made of or the speed of the winds on Neptune if we never have any intention of GOING there.

We need elbow room and frontiers, not more pictures of rocks from million dollar tonka toys.

Where's my Luna City, my Hong Kong Luna, Nova Prospekt? Hell, I'll take a Supra-New York space station!

ATTENTION WHORES IN SPAAAACE!!!!

1nsanilicious: We already have sex robots now, if thats what your implying.

No, but to their credit, GM was one of the originators of the sex robot.



/Camaro MPR
//motorized panty remover

hitlersbrain: If you're not going to go, stop looking. I don't really give a wet fart about what the moon is made of or the speed of the winds on Neptune if we never have any intention of GOING there.

We need elbow room and frontiers, not more pictures of rocks from million dollar tonka toys.

Dude, are you serious? Don't be a child. the scale of time it will take before we can really start travelling to these places is large.

We have to know more about them before we go. It's a lot cheaper and a lot safer, and we learn much more, if we send robots all over the place. We should also send people eventually, of course, duh, and everyone knows it. But it's more likely to work out well if we know more about where they are going first.

It's not like all we're getting from these robots is pics of rocks. We've legitimately overhauled our understanding of Mars thanks to cheaper robots. This is good shiat. And it's so relatively cheap to do, when the implications of being able to colonize a different world in 100 years come into play.

But the perfect is the enemy of the good. You won't get anywhere if you say 'forget it, this isn't what I want RIGHT NOW!!!!!'.

Now, I say fark GM over. They are a symbol of everything that is wrong with America. The idea that this company would be involved with our most high profile stuff stinks of crass marketing and dishonesty. IF they really can make the best robots, then that's great. If not, fark em.

CygnusDarius: So, in a couple of decades, we'll have space rednecks, right?.

Somebody ought to plant a cinderblock under each of Spirit's immobile axles.

Whelp, time to go get my gun, collect some money retiring Andys.

I hear Toyota makes some good stuff.

MBooda: 1nsanilicious: We already have sex robots now, if thats what your implying.

No, but to their credit, GM was one of the originators of the sex robot.



/Camaro MPR
//motorized panty remover

That is one sexy car.

hitlersbrain: If you're not going to go, stop looking. I don't really give a wet fart about what the moon is made of or the speed of the winds on Neptune if we never have any intention of GOING there.

We need elbow room and frontiers, not more pictures of rocks from million dollar tonka toys.

That would be $500 million dollar tonka toys.

Google Mail and NASA = spam in a can

Arcanum:
Dude, are you serious? Don't be a child. the scale of time it will take before we can really start travelling to these places is large.

We have to know more about them before we go. It's a lot cheaper and a lot safer, and we learn much more, if we send robots all over the place. We should also send people eventually, of course, duh, and everyone knows it. But it's more likely to work out well if we know more about where they are going first.

It's not like all we're getting from these robots is pics of rocks. We've legitimately overhauled our understanding of Mars thanks to cheaper robots. This is good shiat. And it's so relatively cheap to do, when the implications of being able to colonize a different world in 100 years come into play.

But the perfect is the enemy of the good. You won't get anywhere if you say 'forget it, this isn't what I want RIGHT NOW!!!!!'.

Now, I say fark GM over. They are a symbol of everything that is wrong with America. The idea that this company would be involved with our most high profile stuff stinks of crass marketing and dishonesty. IF they really can make the best robots, then that's great. If not, fark em.

Use the money to create a replacement for the shuttles. Start making some tritium fusion reactors so that colonizing the moon has some economic purpose (lots of tritium up there).

Instead of humanizing robots, how about mechanizing humans? We have 7 f'n billion humans, we don't need to make metal ones. Work on cyborg technology. Let's get moving, there are no frontiers for real people and I'm not sure we can live another 100 years without one.

It's all part of GMs long-term strategy.

Today, General Motors...

...tomorrow, General Products.

1nsanilicious: I see this ending in one of two ways:



or

So long as it doesn't end like/resemble Star Trek: Nemesis in any way, I'll be happy.