I called their NASA AMES research center to get information for my master's thesis and they had such a BAD attitude with me! And for no reason at all. =(
Why is that? Am I taking precious moments away from their busy schedules?
2006-09-11 06:41:18 · 10 answers · asked by Apple Pie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I said THEY because I had person after person be rude.
2006-09-11 17:12:52 · update #1
Yes. I work at JPL so I know first hand how it is. Actually, you probably just got someone who was very busy and couldn't or didn't want to help you. There are those types at every business. Dn't lose heart. Call a different department or someone else.
2006-09-11 06:45:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Call the Education Division at NASA HQ in Washington. They are super at helping people such as yourself. If they don't have the answer they will get you contacts at different NASA facilities. You may have just gotten ahold of the wrong person or dept. at Ames.
I am a teacher and have dealt with Washington many times with no problem. I haven't called for about a year so this number may not be current but try 202-358-4450.
2006-09-11 06:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by college kid 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 01:19:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm , perhaps you called the wrong kind of people at NASA.
Dont be hurt by what someone said to you because they probably dont know you.
People at NASA are supposed to be intelligent , however really intelligent people i believe should always be friendly. I hope you dont get hurt at what someone said on phone.
You can always try other channels if you want information like the internet. Google will sometimes provide even more information than NASA.
So dont be sad . Cheer up buddy . And good luck for your thesis.
2006-09-11 06:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by venkat Subramaniam 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is your research topic? If you find the names of people working on the things you are interested in they will be very happy for an interested audience, in general. If you go calling up NASA Ames looking for something that no one there studies, they will feel you are wasting your time by not doing better legwork in selecting someone who can answer your queries.
Try looking up your topic in the ADS abstract server:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
Get some author's names and then google them, or look them up in the astroperson list ( http://adsabs.harvard.edu/search_persons.html ) or in the AAS directory.
Of course if you are asking some non-starter question like "Why do you cover up UFO findings?" or something similarly quackish or belligerent, you will get a belligerent reply.
2006-09-11 18:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it must have been the person you were talking to. All the people I've ever met from NASA have all been very nice and gracious with their time. But then I usually deal with educators, perhaps there's a difference?
2006-09-11 07:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is "they?" If you spoke to several rude people at AMES, then your assessment of a bad attitude would be justified. If you only spoke to one person, then it seems that someone like you who's working towards a master would have enough intelligence to realize that judging an entire organization on the rudeness of an individual isn't really justified.
2006-09-11 08:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope.
sometimes they get work load so they dont answer ppl nicely. or may be that guy had a fight with his wife that day or with his boss....lol...jk
but dont worry contact them again. may be that time u can get a friendly person on phone. and try to call general inquries department or something. don't call technical or other departments like that. sometimes they dont like to answer student's questions because they get lot of calls from university and college students.
2006-09-11 06:46:27 · answer #8 · answered by skyrider 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably comes from having the budget cut so often.
2006-09-11 08:53:12 · answer #9 · answered by r_moulton76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you get their name?
WAS IT MARY!?
I'm going to have to speak to her again....
2006-09-11 07:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋