NASA Mission Madness

ghostlibrary writes: "March Madness for geeks-- NASA has up its Mission Madness stunt-- 6 rounds of head-to-head mission competition. This isn't to decide funding for new stuff, nor is it a robot war. Instead, it's a popularity contest, with the added plus of trying to predict beforehand which missions will will. Each bracket winnows out half the mission choices, to ultimately determine which was the most popular NASA mission.

Hubble versus the JWST? Mars rovers (MER) roll over Vikings? STS-88 out-obscures F8-SCW? Some of these are reaching a bit, but it is a nice bit of fun.

The first voting round is today, act quick to get in on the geeky action, or just browse it April 8th if you want to skip ahead to the results. I have my guess of how it well end up on my astronomy blog, but obviously seeing my predictions before you cast your own may skew the results. Remember, this isn't science, it's sociology."