20 Facts about NASA

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NASA has been a pioneer and leader in the field of space missions in the world. Here are 20 amazing facts about NASA

1. NASA is currently working on the development of a Star Trek-style warp drive.

2. NASA receives $.005 cents per tax dollar.

3. It is a myth that NASA spent millions of dollars producing the space pen while Soviet astronauts simply used a pencil.

4. Thad Roberts, a NASA intern, spent 7 years in federal prison after having sex with his girlfriend on a bed full of stolen moon rocks.

5. Bill Nye wanted to be an astronaut, but was rejected time and again by NASA.

6. NASA invented invisible braces.

7. NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we do indeed find life on other planets.

8. NASA often shows the Hollywood movie “Armageddon” as part of its management training program and then asks its new staff to identify as many scientific inaccuracies as they can.

9. NASA will text you whenever the International Space Station passes overhead.

10. The Apollo Astronauts were unable to qualify for life insurance and were not insured by NASA.

11. While filming of 1995 movie Apollo 13, four hours' worth of film was shot onboard NASA’s KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft.

12. NASA is building a bi-directional “Flying Wing” aircraft. It can fly forwards or sideways at full speed.

13. Computers aboard Apollo 11 that put the first man on the moon had 1/6th the computing power of today’s TI-83 calculators.

14. The Fallen Astronaut Memorial sculpture and plaque were smuggled onto Apollo 15 and installed in Mons Hadley without the knowledge of NASA.

15. Carl Sagan (Astronomer) insisted that it was a common practice for NASA astronauts to be given cyanide pills in case they could not return back to Earth.

16. Mars Rover “Curiosity” is officially designated by NASA as “she.”

17. In order for NASA to recognize you as an astronaut, you must travel higher than 50 miles from the Earth’s surface.

18. When Skylab reentered the atmosphere and crashed in Australia in 1979, the Australian government fined NASA $400 for littering. The fine remained unpaid for 30 years.

19. NASA did a study and found nuclear explosions actually are the best way to deflect an incoming asteroid and even designed a spaceship capable of performing a similar mission.

20. NASA engineers offered Sally Ride (the first American woman in space) 100 tampons for a 7-day space mission.