FUN FACTS ABOUT NASA
Added on: 24th Oct 2015
The Vehicle Assembly Building is so big that it has
its own weather. If it weren't for one of the world's most
massive air conditioning systems, the Florida humidity would
cause rain clouds to form near the ceiling.
Just in case life is found on some other planet, NASA
actually has an Office of Planetary Protection
NASA was sued by three men from Yemen for trespassing on
Mars. They claimed that they had inherited the planet from
their ancestors thousands of years ago.
In 2006 NASA admitted to having accidentally recorded
over the original tapes of the moon landing. Fortunately
NASA wasn't the only group recording. Copies found at
CBS and Johnson Space Centre are currently being restored.
Bill Nye the Science Guy originally wanted to be an
astronaut, but NASA kept rejecting him.
Gregory Nemitz and his company Orbital Development
apparently laid claim to asteroid 433 Eros. The spaceship NEAR
Shoemaker landed on the asteroid in 2001 and Gregory
Subsequently issued NASA a parking ticket for $20.
NASA will pay you to lay in bed for months at a time so
they can study the effects of prolonged weightlessness
In 1991 NASA discovered a small body near Earth that is now
listed in their Astrophysics Data System as a possible
alien probe.
NASA will send you a text message whenever the International
Space Station passes over your location
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