Whatup

Host Europe Group&#x27;s robots.txt still makes me chuckle: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mirrors.uk.heg.com&#x2F;robots.txt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mirrors.uk.heg.com&#x2F;robots.txt</a>

Prompted me to do a little experimentation with google query parameters. Some potentially concerning stuff out there...<p>This one seems offline, but a typical example:<p>ftp:&#x2F;&#x2F;asapdata.arc.nasa.gov&#x2F;incoming&#x2F;BOB&#x2F;HyspIRI&#x2F;data-bob&#x2F;00_README.MASTERweb_updating.txt<p><pre><code> 3. Login to MASTER database: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;asterdb.jpl.nasa.gov&#x2F;log&#x2F;dbstart.asp a. User: eric; Password: Upd8t3r</code></pre>

Whohoo! NASA makes a web page that is smaller than the software that took Apollo to the moon.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20160422155210&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;test.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20160422155210&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa....</a>

Can someone explain the purpose of this page? I&#x27;m feeling a little out of the loop at the moment...

I&#x27;d say the test ran optimally.

WaaS

Why did they bother to wrap it in a &lt;div&gt; tag but have no body or even html tag?

So I have the same testing plan as astronauts?

I like rfc2812 style convo better, like the one used in Redis PING: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;redis.io&#x2F;commands&#x2F;ping" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;redis.io&#x2F;commands&#x2F;ping</a><p>Updated: to reflect eli&#x27;s help on origin of command style. Btw, why did someone down-vote me on this?

Who would I contact to make a nasa related html5 game for that page? Anybody from nasa here?

Now it 404s. Good while it lasted.

For now, the sun, later, the moon.

Only 191 bytes, nice job NASA.

Ha! My initial reaction at the combination of &quot;Whatup&quot; and .gov TLD[1] was that this is a government sanctioned WhatsApp replacement.<p>[1]: <i>That is before realizing that it&#x27;s nasa.gov</i>

ah, they just changed. 404&#x27;d now.

The closest point in a comet’s orbit to the Sun is called “perihelion”. The most distant point is called “aphelion”.

Bummer, looks like they took it down.

fuck yea