NASA we've got a problem

NASA has been having quite a few problems recently. And Im not even talking about the multi-million dollar Global Warming Fear Monger satellite that failed to achieve orbit a couple weeks ago. No this post will be dedicated to the Space Shuttle, more specifically, things that can be done to ensure that missions get launched on time and in a safe manner.

Now if you follow any of NASA related stuff at all, you will know that they have been trying to get the Space Shuttle Discovery off the ground since early February. Plagued by fuel control valve problems, the mission had been delayed infinitely. Once all of that had been settled, everything was good to go for a night time launch that was scheduled to occur last night around 8 CST. But, of course, another problem involving the main hydrogen gas line was discovered and the mission was scrubbed again.

Now I want to make it perfectly clear that I am no rocket scientist (although I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), but it just sort of seems that most if not all of the issues that end up delaying missions are rather silly. In my humble and sarcastic opinion, I believe that many of these issues could be fixed with stuff that you find on late night infomercials. Ill give you a couple of examples to prove my point:

Real Life Examples

1) The leaky hydrogen gas pipe could be easily repaired by Mighty Putty . According to the commercial: Fill surfaces holes and cracks, instantly seal leaks in pipes and faucets, repair ceramics, furniture, tools and more. Im fairly certain that by and more they are talking about multi-billion dollar space equipment.

2) A while back, a shuttle launch had to be delayed because of dents in the main fuel tank caused by hail. They spent weeks and who knows how many millions of dollars carefully filling in the holes and sending it down when all they needed was Fix It!. Just apply to damaged area, rub in with the power buffer and wipe away. Safe to use on any color. Not to mention the FREE BONUS: FREE FIX IT PRO SCRATCH REPAIR APPLICATOR. See what I am talking about here?


More Hypothetical Examples

1) Lets say an astronauts spacesuit gets ripped while in the void of space. Due to his hefty schedule, he has no time to sew it back up. Not to fear, he has a canister of Mighty Mendit! Whether it's a denim, leather or lace you can use Mighty Mendit any time, any place. Surely we could add Even Space! to that lovely tagline.

2) Hypothetical number two dives down into something we can all appreciate: food. Lets pretend that NASA is going to delay a launch because there is no time to make a good meal. Not a problem anymore, not unless you have the Big City Slider Station! Big City Slider Station is the mini burger sensation that's sweeping the nation. You just scoop, press, and cook on ANY stove...and in just minutes you'll have 5 mouth-watering sliders! With a couple of these, you could easily feed and entire fleet of astronauts and get them on their merry way on up to outer space.


I am guessing by now that you see my point. These products could easily save NASA not only time by getting missions of as scheduled but also millions of dollars in savings since these products generally only cost maybe like 20 bucks each. Not only that, they will usually throw in a bunch of free stuff just for calling in the next 10 minutes!

I really might be onto something here. Perhaps they should have made me the new head of NASA..