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NASA: Your Tax Dollars At Work For Politics

By Baldrson in Baldrson's Diary
Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 09:39:17 AM EST
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The Los Angeles Times tells us that the Apollo era scientists and engineers at NASA seemed to be "bloodless clones" of the "pale and male" profession of aerospace. As an example of how far NASA has come since the Apollo era, the LA Times offers up a picture of "Key players on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's [Mars] rovers team--showing the changing face of science--are, from the left Jamie Dyk [white woman], Kobie Boykins [black], Adam Steltzner [foreground, Jewish], Wayne Lee [Chinese], and Shonte Wright [Black]."

They call that "diversity".


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I think the reason they call it diversity (none / 1) (#1)
by nebbish on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 09:47:17 AM EST

Is because it's diverse

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Kicking someone in the head is like punching them in the foot - Bruce Lee

well (none / 1) (#3)
by j1mmy on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 10:11:33 AM EST

at least the white alpha male is front and center. and what's with the asian guy's pose? he looks annoyed/retarded.

I've noticed a preponderance... (3.00 / 4) (#5)
by skyknight on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 10:32:53 AM EST

of space shuttle crashes recently. Coincidence?

It's not much fun at the top. I envy the common people, their hearty meals and Bruce Springsteen and voting. --SIGNOR SPAGHETTI
FFS (none / 0) (#7)
by GenerationY on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 10:44:37 AM EST

can't your recognise a "science is fun" puff-piece when you see it. Wahey. They found five people who weren't white non-jewish males who would stand still long enough to have their picture taken.

Hardly a clarion call to action either way.
Stop wasting our time with your senseless hate.

Must suck to be a woman with a name like 'Dyk' (none / 2) (#15)
by Mr.Surly on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 11:44:19 AM EST



"Los Angeles Times"? (nt) (none / 0) (#16)
by Mr.Surly on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 11:45:14 AM EST



It's a real shame (none / 0) (#22)
by Big Sexxy Joe on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 01:36:57 PM EST

that white males are not allowed to be scientists and engineers anymore.

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Damnit (none / 0) (#25)
by conthefol on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 02:53:58 PM EST

I hope JPL isn't falling for this racial diversity bullshit, and instead just hiring based on REAL MERIT. I fucking hate modern racism.

The people who modern racists are practically as retarded as the old racists. I hate all people who internally think of other races as "THEM" and their own race as "US". THAT'S JUST STUPID.

Here's an idea: Why don't you develop some sort of meaningful distinction and stand on your own, as an individual? Oh wait, that would be too hard. Let's just get our sense of worth from other people of ACTUAL worth who happen to have the same colored skin, or the same eyes, or the same hair.

And if you're thinking "This guy must be white", you are right, and you are also a moron if you think that it matters.

Damn, someone needs to fix this social problem with a technological solution. Some caring bio-engineer needs to make some sort of virus which sets everyone's skin color to the exact same thing, so people just can't CARE about race.

-- If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... it could still be a robotic duck.

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