Comments on: NASA Wants Its Rubber Duckies Back

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:02:17 +0000

My kids are playing with a couple that we found while we were up there on a visit. I had no idea they belonged to NASA. I just thought they were polar bear toys.

By: k-ris

k-ris — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:23:35 +0000

I’ll pay $150 per NASA duck.

By: sigh

sigh — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:24:42 +0000

Maybe the ducks never made it out of the ice because global warming is a sham.

By: keeter

keeter — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:55:39 +0000

Has anyone bothered to consider that the ducks are still inside the glacier? Studies are showing that, while the outer edges of the glacier are melting, the interior of the glacier is actually gaining mass. So the glacier is… what? receding… like at the end of an ice age.. like part of the natural cycle of Earth’s cooling and warming. Just sayin’.

By: DOJ

DOJ — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:03:33 +0000

I’m no expert, but I expect that GPS may not work after the ducks are tossed underground.

By: renderanything

renderanything — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:22:50 +0000

What’s to stop people from trying to turn in their own $2 rubber duckies after running them through the washing machine a few times then claiming the stamp and marker wore off?

By: Kitten

Kitten — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:18:15 +0000

nasa couldn’t keep track of them? O_o… duh…

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:46:50 +0000

This would have made more sense if they’d dumped all the unsold Atari 2600 ET game cartridges down there. Instead of some landfill in New Mexico.

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:35:17 +0000

Realy? Why no gps? Would it brake? And why ducks? are they easy to spot? Why’d Nasa do this!! I AM SO CONFUSED.

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:48:26 +0000

Global warming is spiraling out of control. We face flooding out of billions of people, mass famines, the extinction of thousands of species, but never fear, the best scientists in America are on job …throwing squeaky rubber bath toys into holes, hoping someone will tell them where they come out. (My god, we are all doomed.)

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:32:04 +0000

Whhoooaaaa…they threw their shit down a hole in the ice? Jesus wept, no wonder their budgets are horrendous. If I had thrown my toys away I would get a timeout in hospital.

By: rika

rika — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:42:41 +0000

more trash in the ocean..
*just watched wall.e*

yep, gps would have done the trick

By: unohav_1

unohav_1 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:34:13 +0000

Why didn’t they put GPS things in the ducks too if this was so important? If they can put them in our cell phones theyd fit in a duck, and cost less than the $100 reward. Not that I’d complain if I found one…

By: PK

PK — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:57:07 +0000

Discovery Channel had shown an episode a while ago on how the researchers dropped their tools down these ice holes – they are not just holes, they are gigantic hollow caves that go down hundreds of feet, complete with a raging waterfall. In order to test the speed of the waterfall to calculate the speed of melting, they had to climb to a dangerous position to put their instrument in the right place.