ChristianKl comments on Link: White House wants your advice on space exploration - Less Wrong

0 Post author: polymathwannabe 18 October 2014 02:32PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 October 2014 10:01:53PM 9 points [-]

I'm surprised by how many downvotes this post is getting

I downvoted this. It's a feel-good marketing exercise with zero consequences, as far as I can see. In the best case your email will be read by a bored intern who'll forget it five seconds later.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 October 2014 12:30:15AM 0 points [-]

It's a feel-good marketing exercise with zero consequences, as far as I can see. In the best case your email will be read by a bored intern who'll forget it five seconds later.

I don't think that's the case. With hiring Musk to transport astronauts to the ISS the NSA has shown openness to outside ideas.

Comment author: Lumifer 20 October 2014 05:04:33PM 3 points [-]

With hiring Musk to transport astronauts to the ISS

At the moment NASA has the choice between Mr.Musk and Mr.Putin.

Comment author: gwern 20 October 2014 01:00:15AM 2 points [-]

The NASA contract program was started by a public petition?

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 October 2014 01:21:02PM *  -2 points [-]

This isn't petitioning process. It's a process of an government trying to gather outside ideas for a specific topic. It's a fairly distinct process.