SGA mentioned in press release on NASA

[prion]

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=26665

NASA MESSENGER Instruments Take Aim

STATUS REPORT
Date Released: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Source: Johns Hopkins University

MESSENGER's engineering and operations teams convened at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., early this morning to confirm the health and readiness of the spacecraft


excerpt:

Sci-Fi Channel viewers are more likely to be familiar with Stargate Atlantis than with the likes of Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Captain Nathaniel Palmer, Captain John Davis, and those who subsequently followed to explore Antarctica. The omnipresence of sophisticated entertainment imparts an ever-increasing need for the technical community to engage their non-technical counterparts not just in education but also simply in continuing conversation.

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[Jumper_One]

NASA mentions SGA? how cool is that!

[morjana]

NASA mentions SGA? how cool is that!

Actually, it's NOT NASA doing the mentioning. It's an article about NASA Messenger instruments from SpaceRef (originally from John Hopkins University), that has a reference to SGA.

Morjana

[Jumper_One]

Actually, it's NOT NASA doing the mentioning. It's an article about NASA Messenger instruments from SpaceRef (originally from John Hopkins University), that has a reference to SGA.

Morjana

you're right I saw NASA and didn't bother reading the whole article...

[prion]

you're right I saw NASA and didn't bother reading the whole article...

But... it's from John Hopkins. Now that's a great nod as they're a fantastic university!

[Gate Geek]

I reported and made an excerpt of this very article on the Shep whump thread last night right after the email came in.

The scary thing is, Ralph McNutt Jr., Messenger's Project Scientist who wrote the article is correct. I sure didn't recognize all those names he mentioned.

[prion]

I reported and made an excerpt of this very article on the Shep whump thread last night right after the email came in.

The scary thing is, Ralph McNutt Jr., Messenger's Project Scientist who wrote the article is correct. I sure didn't recognize all those names he mentioned.

You did? Heck, I missed it! it popped up on Google tonight and yeah, I didn't recognize all those names either, maybe because all I see when I turn on the news is Britney. ARGH!!!

[Jumper_One]

But... it's from John Hopkins. Now that's a great nod as they're a fantastic university!

yeah well after making this mistake I did go back and read it pretty interesting stuff

You did? Heck, I missed it! it popped up on Google tonight and yeah, I didn't recognize all those names either, maybe because all I see when I turn on the news is Britney. ARGH!!!

[PG15]

I know John Davis.

...

No...wait, I was just thinking of Major Davis. Nevermind.

[Gate Geek]

You did? Heck, I missed it! it popped up on Google tonight and yeah, I didn't recognize all those names either, maybe because all I see when I turn on the news is Britney. ARGH!!!

Strange thing, I never thought to post the info here. Good thing you're around.

yeah well after making this mistake I did go back and read it pretty interesting stuff

Jumper_One, Referring to the Britney comment, I don't think I could've said it any better.

[Integrabyte]

NASA mentions SGA? how cool is that!

...NASA had ships called after Star Trek. How cool is that?

[Gate Geek]

...NASA had ships called after Star Trek. How cool is that?

NASA has ships???? I thought ships were for the NAVY!

[Integrabyte]

NASA has ships???? I thought ships were for the NAVY!

Hahaha, nice one

[Jumper_One]

...NASA had ships called after Star Trek. How cool is that?

I only know of the 'Enterprise' which was the first space shuttle even though it never left Earth

Spoiler:

[prion]

I only know of the 'Enterprise' which was the first space shuttle even though it never left Earth

Spoiler:

I believe they only had the one.