Mission Madness presented by NASA EDGE

Mission Madness Trash Talk

I’ve already filled out my bracket…. and even let the boys over at NASA EDGE what my picks are.

“5 On Mar 09, 2009 12:38:17 AM  Cariann  wrote:

What? That’s insane!

Here are my final 4:

Nebula- Apollo 11
Galaxy- Vikings I & II
Stellar- Apollo 13
Horizon- Gemini IV

Winner: Apollo 11 (The *clear* winner)

And I would *love* to hear why I’m wrong!
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If you don’t know what Mission Madness is… well…  It’s like March Madness, but for NASA missions.  64 missions have been chosen to participate in this years game.  And if there are missions that you are not familiar with, the bracket is actually interactive.  You can click on the name of the mission and get some details.  Then once you’ve made your choices there are some arrows you click on the advance your pick to the next round.  Keep in mind, that until March 19th, all you are doing is filling out a bracket.  March 19th and 20th are the dates for the first round of voting.  The link above is where the pre-voting trash talking is going on… and I’m sure will continue.  The NASA EDGE guys weigh in as well… so it’s not just a bunch of us “amateurs” making comments; It’s actual trash talking!  I have to say, it’s a ton of fun *AND* I’m learning about some missions that I was unfamiliar with!  If it is popular enough this year, I’m sure they will continue it next year too… and all those people who were upset because their favorite mission was not up for play this year… well, *some* of them will be happy.