INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NASA

AS PART OF ITS STAFF TRAINING, NASA WILL SHOW

THE MOVIE ARMAGEDDON AND ASKS THE

TRAINEES TO IDENTIFY AS MANY SCIENTIFIC

INACCURACIES AS THEY CAN.

LONNIE JOHNSON, THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE SUPER

SOAKER WAS A NASA SCIENTIST. HE ALSO HELPED

DEVELOP THE STEALTH BOMBER.

ACCORDING TO POLLS, MOST AMERICANS THINK THAT

NASA FUNDING ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY 20% OF THE

NATIONAL BUDGET. IN REALITY NASA RECEIVES $0.005

CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR.

THE TOASTER IN YOUR KITCHEN CONTAINS A MORE

POWERFUL COMPUTER THAN THE ONE USED BY NASA TO

SEND ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON. IT ONLY HAD 64KBYTE

OF MEMORY AND OPERATED AT 0.043MHZ.

THE AREA CODE FOR KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE AND ITS

SURROUNDING REGIONS IS 321 (IMITATING THE

COUNTDOWN BEFORE LIFT-OFF).

IN 2006 NASA SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED A STRANGE

NOISE IN DEEP SPACE THAT WAS SEVERAL TIMES

LOUDER THAN ANYTHING THEY WOULD EXPECT.

TO THIS DAY THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND

IT HAS BEEN DUBBED THE "SPACE ROAR".

IN 1979 WHEN SKYLAB CRASHED IN AUSTRALIA UPON

RE-ENTRY, NASA WAS FINED $400 BY THE AUSTRALIAN

GOVERNMENT FOR LITTERING. IT WAS JUST RECENTLY PAID.

TO BE OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED AN ASTRONAUT BY

NASA YOU MUST TRAVEL AT LEAST 50 MILES ABOVE

THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.