Pop Quiz III
Without looking at your notes (wikipedia or otherwise), please answer the following:
The Orion is scheduled to replace what space related project?
A) Soyuz
B) MIR
C) Space Shuttle
[Partial credit will not be offered for improperly bubbled answers.]
Background information: ironically, after complaining about the improbability of being selected for the Mob in 1 vs 100, I was picked a couple of weeks ago after a hot streak. I managed to outlast 68 other players until I was stumped by this question. I was one of only two people to get the question wrong, so I guess it is fairly easy, but I thought I would poll the denizens of the blogosphere to see how embarrassed I should be. Incidentally, the "One" ended up taking the money right after this question, so while I didn't lose any M$ points, I still felt pwned in front of 70,000 elite gamers.
The Orion is scheduled to replace what space related project?
A) Soyuz
B) MIR
C) Space Shuttle
[Partial credit will not be offered for improperly bubbled answers.]
Background information: ironically, after complaining about the improbability of being selected for the Mob in 1 vs 100, I was picked a couple of weeks ago after a hot streak. I managed to outlast 68 other players until I was stumped by this question. I was one of only two people to get the question wrong, so I guess it is fairly easy, but I thought I would poll the denizens of the blogosphere to see how embarrassed I should be. Incidentally, the "One" ended up taking the money right after this question, so while I didn't lose any M$ points, I still felt pwned in front of 70,000 elite gamers.
posted by d l wright at 8/24/2009 09:24:00 PM
3 Comments:
I forgot to mention: I picked MIR. I think its high profile de-orbiting stuck out in my mind, and I didn't realize they had replaced it already with the ISS.
Obviously you haven't been reading Eric's copies of Popular Science lately. Too bad, you coulda been a contender.
Shuttle!
I have some first hand knowledge since I know some employees at Lockheed and ATK, and by being at Caltech I have the opportunity to go to talks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and GALCIT.
Another fun fact: I have see the ISS from my nephew's little $200 telescope. Cool!
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