It makes no sense.
SPB, New Horizons, LRO and SOHO All Advance!
I’m speechless. My bracket is trash, I am 0-4 when it comes to picking against SPB and no one at JPL will speak to me. I guess I will leave the analysis up to those who have some credibility left.
The good news is that the final contests are fairly simple to size up.
SPB vs New Horizons
LRO vs SOHO
I would give my predictions, but I DO NOT want to take the blame for sending a mission packing.
The Co-Host
I want to correct…
I want to correct myself in an earlier post about multiple/single voting. After reading the initial post again, I realized I threw my great co-workers at NASA HQ under the bus unintentionally. It was not my intent to put “blame” on NASA HQ for not putting controls in place to prevent multiple voting. The privacy policy is a Federal Government policy from OMB and applies to any .gov site. So in essence it’s out of everyone’s hands. I want to thank them for clarifying the regulations (thanks Jim, you’re the man!).
I want to correct…
I want to correct myself in an earlier post about multiple/single voting. After reading the initial post again, I realized I threw my great co-workers at NASA HQ under the bus unintentionally. It was not my intent to put “blame” on NASA HQ for not putting controls in place to prevent multiple voting. The privacy policy is a Federal Government policy from OMB and applies to any .gov site. So in essence it’s out of everyone’s hands. I want to thank them for clarifying the regulations (thanks Jim, you’re the man!).
Wow
Where have you gone, Neil Armstrong?!!!!!!!!
Yes, Freedom 7 is still alive. But history took a hit in the late hours last night as LRO blasted past Apollo 11 at 10 minutes to midnight. LRO, the satellite that will eventually launch and study the Moon, beat the monumental, historic, manned mission to the Moon. LRO will not deliver America’s most profound quote regarding accomplishment. It will, however, bring boatloads of scientific data, images, and possibly a tournament trophy.
After sleeping for a few hours, I am over the shock. It looks like SPB may have some real competition afterall.
I would love to talk about some of the other matchups, however, my analysis is becoming increasingly irrelavent as the competition progresses. The only mission still alive on my bracket is Expedition 16, but I had them losing to STS-1.
Check out the match ups and then get ready to vote.
NEBULA
LRO vs Freedom 7
GALAXY
Vikings I & II vs SOHO
STELLAR
SPB vs Orion
HORIZON
Expedition 16 vs New Horizons
See the results for yourself here: http://mission-madness.nasa.gov/mm/results.html?1
I’m so tempted to comment on these matchups, but I don’t want to jinx a mission.
The Co-Host
Wow
Where have you gone, Neil Armstrong?!!!!!!!!
Yes, Freedom 7 is still alive. But history took a hit in the late hours last night as LRO blasted past Apollo 11 at 10 minutes to midnight. LRO, the satellite that will eventually launch and study the Moon, beat the monumental, historic, manned mission to the Moon. LRO will not deliver America’s most profound quote regarding accomplishment. It will, however, bring boatloads of scientific data, images, and possibly a tournament trophy.
After sleeping for a few hours, I am over the shock. It looks like SPB may have some real competition afterall.
I would love to talk about some of the other matchups, however, my analysis is becoming increasingly irrelavent as the competition progresses. The only mission still alive on my bracket is Expedition 16, but I had them losing to STS-1.
Check out the match ups and then get ready to vote.
NEBULA
LRO vs Freedom 7
GALAXY
Vikings I & II vs SOHO
STELLAR
SPB vs Orion
HORIZON
Expedition 16 vs New Horizons
See the results for yourself here: http://mission-madness.nasa.gov/mm/results.html?1
I’m so tempted to comment on these matchups, but I don’t want to jinx a mission.
The Co-Host
I want to address the notion of multiple voting versus single voting.
I want to address the notion of multiple voting versus single voting. Many of you are upset that users are allowed to vote multiple times. As you know, one of the negatives to multiple voting is that an aggressive group can skew the results. Unfortunately, NASA HQ is not able to put controls in place that would only allow each computer to register one vote as it would violate NASA’s privacy policy. This is out of our (NASA EDGE) hands. For some the controversy makes the contest rather interesting and for others a sour taste in his/her mouth. From our standpoint, we felt that we at least needed to be upfront about the rules of the contest. We had planned to explain the rational after the contest was finished, but after several folks expressed their concern, we thought we should clear the air.
I want to address the notion of multiple voting versus single voting.
I want to address the notion of multiple voting versus single voting. Many of you are upset that users are allowed to vote multiple times. As you know, one of the negatives to multiple voting is that an aggressive group can skew the results. Unfortunately, NASA HQ is not able to put controls in place that would only allow each computer to register one vote as it would violate NASA’s privacy policy. This is out of our (NASA EDGE) hands. For some the controversy makes the contest rather interesting and for others a sour taste in his/her mouth. From our standpoint, we felt that we at least needed to be upfront about the rules of the contest. We had planned to explain the rational after the contest was finished, but after several folks expressed their concern, we thought we should clear the air.
It’s just past midnight and the unofficial results tell an interesting story.
At the buzzer!!!!!!!!
For the moment, forget SPB, forget the Hubble breakdown, forget it all. A couple of match ups came down to a few last minute votes.
IF the results hold (and they should,) Voyager 1 & 2 beat Cassini by 29 votes and Expedition 1 beat MRO by 84 votes. Throughout the day, these missions swapped leads and battled for advantage. You can whine about SPB and multiple voting all you want, but there was drama at 11:59pm, and it was AWESOME!
Congratulations to everyone, and specifically to Voyager 1 & 2 (Vger lives) and Expedition 1. You fought hard and won!
On a sad note, Apollo 13 gets bounced. Hubble?!? What happened?
Well, you get one day to rest, and then back to voting. Although, SPB can probably take a few extra hours off and still win.
Round 3 should be fun.
Check out the match ups and then get ready to vote.
NEBULA
Apollo 11 vs LRO
Freedom 7 vs Mars Pathfinder
GALAXY
Vikings I & II vs Pioneer 10
SOHO vs Skylab
STELLAR
SPB vs Expedition 1
X-29 vs Orion
HORIZON
Expedition 16 vs JWST
Voyager 1 & 2 vs New Horizon
See the results for yourself here: http://mission-madness.nasa.gov/mm/results.html?1
My bracket is trash, I have no one left to pull for…
The Co-Host
It’s just past midnight and the unofficial results tell an interesting story.
At the buzzer!!!!!!!!
For the moment, forget SPB, forget the Hubble breakdown, forget it all. A couple of match ups came down to a few last minute votes.
IF the results hold (and they should,) Voyager 1 & 2 beat Cassini by 29 votes and Expedition 1 beat MRO by 84 votes. Throughout the day, these missions swapped leads and battled for advantage. You can whine about SPB and multiple voting all you want, but there was drama at 11:59pm, and it was AWESOME!
Congratulations to everyone, and specifically to Voyager 1 & 2 (Vger lives) and Expedition 1. You fought hard and won!
On a sad note, Apollo 13 gets bounced. Hubble?!? What happened?
Well, you get one day to rest, and then back to voting. Although, SPB can probably take a few extra hours off and still win.
Round 3 should be fun.
Check out the match ups and then get ready to vote.
NEBULA
Apollo 11 vs LRO
Freedom 7 vs Mars Pathfinder
GALAXY
Vikings I & II vs Pioneer 10
SOHO vs Skylab
STELLAR
SPB vs Expedition 1
X-29 vs Orion
HORIZON
Expedition 16 vs JWST
Voyager 1 & 2 vs New Horizon
See the results for yourself here: http://mission-madness.nasa.gov/mm/results.html?1
My bracket is trash, I have no one left to pull for…
The Co-Host
CM/LAS pics.
Here are some pics of the Ares 1-X Crew Module/Launch Abort System (CM/LAS) being loaded into an Air Force C-5 cargo plane. Enjoy.
Credit: Ron Beard, NASA EDGE
Credit: TBD
