Wish Me Luck, I'm Pitching an Idea to NASA

[Tuckerfan]

@Sapo

ok. I just didn’t have all the details from your submission. c’mon link to it.

Post #6.

[SiXSwordS]

@Tuckerfan

<SniP>
One of their categories in their Create the Future Contest is for “Transportation.” Given that the top prize is $20K, I figured that it couldn’t hurt to enter my idea for a steam car (especially since I and my “minions” are busily working on a proposal for a Google grant in vehicle-to-grid designs).

If they accept my entry and publish it on their site, I’ll post the link so you folks can point to it and laugh ;). And if anyone has any pointers after looking it over, please let me know.
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Now, I’m going to pour myself a drink and get blotto’d if you don’t mind.

Congratulations! (On getting your proposal accepted and published to the site, not on getting blotto.)

I hesitate to comment, because you obviously did a lot of work and most of it is beyond my scope of criticism. If what I have to offer is less than helpful, please feel free to dismiss it out of hand.

I think the written explanation of your idea could use some fine tuning.

One solution avoids all of those problems as well has the adaptability to be used no matter what, if any, fuel becomes dominant, but on as wide a variety of vehicles and devices as the internal combustion engine is now.

e.g.

I do understand the word limit and other constraints, but a lot of it seems clunky to me.

I mean this as a useful critique, although I must admit I am consumed with jealously. My idea for a car powered solely by my sense of self-satisfaction was rejected.

[Kuboydal]

Isaac Asimov space ship engines were often, basically, steam engines. It must be quite fun to have any sort of interaction with NASA. I would be quite proud.

(I bet you if you had data cassette programming for your car they would pay particular attention)

[Tuckerfan]

@SiXSwordS

Congratulations! (On getting your proposal accepted and published to the site, not on getting blotto.)

I hesitate to comment, because you obviously did a lot of work and most of it is beyond my scope of criticism. If what I have to offer is less than helpful, please feel free to dismiss it out of hand.

I think the written explanation of your idea could use some fine tuning.

e.g.

I do understand the word limit and other constraints, but a lot of it seems clunky to me.

I mean this as a useful critique, although I must admit I am consumed with jealously. My idea for a car powered solely by my sense of self-satisfaction was rejected.

You’re right, it is clunky. I missed it because I was having to trim so much to meet the length requirements.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

No Orbital Goat Cannon?

<Bosda gets teary-eyed>

[Tuckerfan]

@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

No Orbital Goat Cannon?

<Bosda gets teary-eyed>

Considering what happened to this guy who tried to build an orbital cannon, I think I’ll pass on trying to develop the idea, thank you.