Do we get to play Tetris on a solar sail?

They had a public seminar last year in Florida that I wanted to go to, but couldn't. I wanted to suggest using the 13 Friedman design principles for casinos to enhance and organize the crew's living space (nope, no video poker machines).

"Excuse me... Excuse me... I just wanted to ask a question. What does DARPA need with a starship?"

Is she hot?

jaytkay: Is she hot?

would rather look at jenna

DVOM: jaytkay: Is she hot?

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Hmmmm. Google...



/ Mmmmmmm, smart chicks, mmmmmm

The money for the winning team, $500,000, is small, but is designed to help jumpstart the effort. everyone think that NASA is diverse

(half a million will employ her, her travel expenses, a secretary, an office and some stationery).

ShadowWolf: Mentat: wookalar: As far as I can find, no other black women went into space before her so, she is the first black woman to travel in space from any country. Or, I guess you could just say that I'm being picky.

/snark

Unless you count NASSA.

Came here for the "Blackstronaut" program reference.
Leaving satisfied.

/space is really cold

It was a different time then.

Don't go arresting her.

Skrimps In Space

I'm impressed she made it so far in her studies, considering her disadvantages.

2wolves: Smart, capable, ladies are so very attractive.

I think you meant "smart, successful"

coco ebert: Pretty cool. This seemed apropos as well, heh: Link (new window)



It's been far too long since I last saw that.

I'll just leave this here.
Link (new window)

2wolves: Your mental capabilities have been called into question by your statement.

No, but I guess I was demonstrating the difficulty of conveying a joke in a few typed words on an un-moderated public forum which is rife with both sarcasm AND earnest racism.

Or maybe my joke sucked.

I had such a hard boner when she visited my old high school Whitney Young

drjekel_mrhyde: I had such a hard boner when she visited my old high school Whitney Young

You should have asked the gym teacher to stop tugging on you while she was giving her presentation.

Whitney Young...Chicago Whitney Young? How do you manage to type with a basketball in one hand, and a crack pipe in the other?

Mentat: wookalar: As far as I can find, no other black women went into space before her so, she is the first black woman to travel in space from any country. Or, I guess you could just say that I'm being picky.

/snark

Unless you count NASSA.

Had never seen that. I just about peed myself laughing at Sullivan Carue's letter home. "Shiat woman, it is cold as fark up here."

So they put the black lady in charge of the 100-year program?

I guess that's appropriate - talk about CPT...

Fun fact: the current administrator and deputy administrator of NASA were originally recruited to NASA by Nichelle Nichols. Link

Maybe nobody's too sure where NASA is going these days but it's freaky to think that the top two people there are a butterfly effect of Gene Roddenberry's casting decision on a TV show 45 years ago.

rocinante721: She built this city !!!



Good luck getting that song out of your head. Your welcome

DAMN YOUUUUUUU!!!!

/grrrrrrr

black

DARPA

Hmm......


Then she could be................



And that means................



could it be.................

Githerax: I'm impressed she made it so far in her studies, considering her disadvantages.

Are you saying she's half Vulcan?

By the summer of 1960, NASSA had over 240 blackstronauts.

anfrind: Githerax: I'm impressed she made it so far in her studies, considering her disadvantages.

Are you saying she's half Vulcan?

No, half human.

Oh good, someone made the Metal Gear reference.

zato_ichi: drjekel_mrhyde: I had such a hard boner when she visited my old high school Whitney Young

You should have asked the gym teacher to stop tugging on you while she was giving her presentation.

Whitney Young...Chicago Whitney Young? How do you manage to type with a basketball in one hand, and a crack pipe in the other?

This cracked me right up.

Octavia Butler approves.

Noticed in the article they refer to NASA as Nasa. This really sticks in my craw.

Maybe nobody's too sure where NASA is going these days but it's freaky to think that the top two people there are a butterfly effect of Gene Roddenberry's casting decision on a TV show 45 years ago.

Which is why I love original Trek *so* much, and HATE the dumbing down of Trek by JJ Abrahms.

/white hot hatred of a thousand hyper novas
//there has been almost as many tech spin offs from Trek as there has been from NASA

mark12A: Maybe nobody's too sure where NASA is going these days but it's freaky to think that the top two people there are a butterfly effect of Gene Roddenberry's casting decision on a TV show 45 years ago.

Which is why I love original Trek *so* much, and HATE the dumbing down of Trek by JJ Abrahms.

/white hot hatred of a thousand hyper novas
//there has been almost as many tech spin offs from Trek as there has been from NASA

mmmm..... yes... i too share that particular hatred for JJ Abrams... whenever it occurs, i will channel your hatred into my falcon punch to his balls.

it will happen. some day.

Uncle_Sam's_Titties: mark12A: Maybe nobody's too sure where NASA is going these days but it's freaky to think that the top two people there are a butterfly effect of Gene Roddenberry's casting decision on a TV show 45 years ago.

Which is why I love original Trek *so* much, and HATE the dumbing down of Trek by JJ Abrahms.

/white hot hatred of a thousand hyper novas
//there has been almost as many tech spin offs from Trek as there has been from NASA

mmmm..... yes... i too share that particular hatred for JJ Abrams... whenever it occurs, i will channel your hatred into my falcon punch to his balls.

it will happen. some day.

As far as Im concerned that film (and any sequels, spin-offs, etc) doesnt exist. At this point Nemesis remains the last Star Trek film ever made.

Star Trek: Lensflare did one thing very right - they cast Karl Urban as McCoy. He absolutely nailed the character. I'd welcome seeing him reprise the role in a good movie some day.

Sultan Of Herf: Uncle_Sam's_Titties: mark12A: Maybe nobody's too sure where NASA is going these days but it's freaky to think that the top two people there are a butterfly effect of Gene Roddenberry's casting decision on a TV show 45 years ago.

Which is why I love original Trek *so* much, and HATE the dumbing down of Trek by JJ Abrahms.

/white hot hatred of a thousand hyper novas
//there has been almost as many tech spin offs from Trek as there has been from NASA

mmmm..... yes... i too share that particular hatred for JJ Abrams... whenever it occurs, i will channel your hatred into my falcon punch to his balls.

it will happen. some day.

As far as Im concerned that film (and any sequels, spin-offs, etc) doesnt exist. At this point Nemesis remains the last Star Trek film ever made.


I was a hard-core fan of TNG, a little less so (but still much) of DS9, and of course much respect to TOS.

Voyager can suck my gigantic Jewish schlong.

Here's the thing about Star Trek: It should NEVER be pandering, but it should ALWAYS be sexy! It's important for Trek to capture the public imagination, and turn it toward the stars, and optimism, and faith in technology, and above all, faith in the human race. That's what Roddenberry created.

Star Treks I - IV and VI were fantastic in that regard. (We won't even talk about V.) Star Treks VII - X were all "What is this I don't even." They plain sucked ass. Removing things from the canon at will, using great characters like Data, Spock, Kirk and the Borg to do incredibly cheesy shiat... just awful.

Star Trek XI restores the feeling of excitement. JJ Abrams, as much as he's an action director at heart, didn't do to Star Trek what Michael Bay did to the Transformers.

He did to Star Trek what Gene Roddenberry did to the world. He rescued Star Trek, if only for one movie.

No falcon punches. Let's see where this all goes.