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Originally posted by DeltaNine
No body has proven that NASA is not a civilian agency.
[edit on 1-3-2009 by DeltaNine]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, established in 1958, coordinates and directs the aeronautical and space research program in the United States. Its budget for space activities alone is larger than the general budgets of a number of the world's important countries.
Although officially a civilian agency, NASA collaborates with the Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, and other agencies, and many of its personnel have security clearances owing to the sensitive intelligence aspects of its programs. Research into UFOs is one such program.
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Originally posted by zeetroyman
I own a plot of land on the moon.
They better not mess up my back yard or ill be suing!
Originally posted by DeltaNine
Oh and NASA is a civilian organisation.
They're not business attacking anyone, anything or, erm, any planet.
Picture this: A spaceship swoops in from the void, plunging toward a cloudy planet about the size of Earth. A laser beam lances out from the ship; it probes the planet's clouds, striving to reach the hidden surface below. Meanwhile, back on the craft's home world, scientists perch on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens.
Sounds like science fiction? This is real, and it's happening today.
The spacecraft is MESSENGER, and the planet is Venus. On June 5, 2007, MESSENGER will fly past Venus just 338 km above the planet's surface--and it will shoot a laser into the clouds.
Originally posted by jimmyx
geez...someone wanting to blow something up...what a shocker! i know...why don't people try and build something. naw, too F'in boring and no blood and gore. me cave man, me hit you with club, me have no brain.
Originally posted by DeltaNine
Tristar, I need you to qualify that statement please.
WASHINGTON - NASA and the Department of Defense recently signed an agreement to develop an integrated national strategy for managing their respective aeronautical test facilities. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Kenneth Krieg signed the National Partnership for Aeronautical Testing (NPAT) agreement.
"In 1997, DoD, NASA, and the NRO created the Space Technology Alliance (STA) to “coordinate the development of affordable, effective space technologies for the greatest return on government funds.” The STA is making steady and significant progress in coordinating government S&T investment in space and has developed a prototype methodology for categorizing space technologies."
Originally posted by DeltaNine
D. Rest happy.