NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - the successor of the earlier National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Begun in 1958, largely in order to gain a moral victory in the Cold War by beating the USSR to the moon, their main purpose is to gain knowledge about outer space and neighboring celestial objects in order to increase humanity's knowledge of the cosmos. Initially well-funded and manned by some of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, the Administration's space programs helped to develop some of the most influential and often-used technology of the modern day (satellite technology, computers, electronic miniaturization, temperature resistant materials, etc.). Unfortunately, due to the multitude of early successes and prevailing opinion in Washington, NASA is often expected to do more with less money, as Congress often slashes budgets and expects better service. Not wanting to lose the tradition of innovation, NASA has recently tried to appease the government and an ever-increasing public ignorance of the benefits of scientific exploration, and as a result has tried to do more than they should, resulting in the 1986 Challenger explosion, and the heat shield failure of the Columbia in 2003, along with less deadly failures of Mars probes.

NASA fails because we allow it to; we expect that becuase "those NASA guys are geniuses" that they can do something with next to nothing. Space travel has always been, and will always be dangerous.

by G. M. Leuty March 8, 2004

Nadsat

1. A false language created for use in the novel by Anthony Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange." The Nadsat language is a bastardization of Slavic combined with "school boy" rhyming slang and English terms.

2. A term in the Nadsat language meaning "teenager," derived from the Slavic terms for numbers 11 and 19.

1. Nadsat is one like horrorshow example of a bolshy great language in which we chellovecks use complex slovos to confuse the other vecks whom we give the old ultraviolence.

2. We were in the heighth of Nadsat fasion.

by Deus Ex Magna September 21, 2005

Nađa

She's the type od person that cares about everyone. She's very beautiful and filled with joy. She has the prettiest smile you could ever imagine. She's very confident. Loves the color purple and black. She seduces all the boys and it's no secret boys love her.She's pretty much a heartbreaker herself, but she os loyal.And she has the perfect body type. You would be a fool to let a Nađa go 😊

Guy 1: How are things with Nađa?
Guy 2:She left me heartbroken, again!

by 🤭 June 7, 2018

Nadafinga

An exlamation of extreme frustration or rage, usually used when the user has trouble coming up with a word that adequately describes said frustration or rage.

This expletive first appeared in the film "A Christmas Story", when, upon discovering that the plastic leg-lamp he won at the bowling alley had been broken, Ralphie's father shouts "Nadafinga!" after failing to find a word that would adequately express his immense frustration.

by Logan Felipe November 2, 2008

NASA PC

A very very very veeery powerful Personal Computer, decked with the best and fastest hardware imaginable.

Hank: Good god, look at those details man!
Kyle: Forget it Hank, you would need a NASA PC for that, you better stick to console gaming and Call of Duty.

by Slapslop March 15, 2017

nadalia

An intelligent, loving, caring, loyal, kind person who would do just about anything to make people happy. She's funny, loves telling jokes, and making her friends smile. She could be the best friend you'll ever have, as long as you don't get on her dark side. Then she becomes a total badass, and believe me, you'll pay for it. She's the kind of person that nobody messes with, and if you do, you're not very bright. Seems to also have a strange addiction to hot cheetos.

Nadalia is the perfect best friend.

by Bestfriendof117 July 30, 2017

Nandana

A desi girl with dark brown eyes, dark brown hair, and gorgeous.

She's a little short but has a wonderful personality and i swear to god she gives every guy butterflies.
Her style, her fit, and everything about her are just perfect. She is literally adorable.
From her little cute nose scrunch smile to her funny personality, 100% wifey material.
Now, she might look extremely cute but, she's protective over her besties so if u get on her wrong side...you'll meet the wrath of angels for a bit. She has a bit of everything music taste and she's a tad bit self-conscious and insecure so be nice to her! Nandana is fluent in the language of sarcasm but, make sure u know when she's joking or not. Nandana is a strong girl both mentally and physically like damnnn....she got it all.

Nandana is the GOAT <3

by F A C T S S. S S S March 29, 2023