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shireen

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:05 PM
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white house axes Hubble

White House Cuts Hubble Servicing Mission from 2006 Budget Request
By Brian Berger
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 21 January 2005 01:49 pm ET

WASHINGTON – The White House has eliminated funding for a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope from its 2006 budget request and directed NASA to focus solely on de-orbiting the popular spacecraft at the end of its life, according to government and industry sources.

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http://www.space.com/news/hubble_budget_050121.html

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papau

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:10 PM
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1. IDIOTS! - damn - Bush is a hard act to follow if you are into max screw-up

:-(

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The_Casual_Observer

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:12 PM
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2. When you are engaged in a pitched battle with Islamic extremists

brought on by your own stupidity,I guess that there isn't the time or money to spend on the more "civilized" pursuits enjoyed by more advanced cultures.

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RobertSeattle

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:20 PM
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3. Double Trouble Prez to make Rubble out of the Hubbell

Bush thinks the "Big Bang" was a Fraternity event back at Yale...

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pmbryant

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:28 PM
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4. Sadly predictable

Edited on Fri Jan-21-05 05:28 PM by pmbryant

They tried to axe it a year ago, and caused an uproar. So they backed off until after the election.

And now.... whack!

It's not like this option will save a tremendous amount of money. It will still be horrendously expensive just to ditch Hubble safely. This is a lose-lose situation.

:-(

Peter

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rzemanfl

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:34 PM
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5. Didn't that moron say something about "beyond the stars"

Edited on Fri Jan-21-05 05:34 PM by rzemanfl

yesterday? Wouldn't want to look out there though...the damn phony religious nut case.

When I took the poll (MSNBC?) 60% of the respondents wanted to send the shuttle to fix it.

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Fri Jan-21-05 05:35 PM
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6. We can't be havin' no science lookin' at the stars and seein'

no heaven now, can we.

Hubble is some of the best money spent.

We need to raise a ruckus about there being an almost unlimited amount of money for genocide in Iraq but knowledge and education keeps getting cut.

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:52 PM
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7. The Dumbing-Down of America

Billions for defense, but not one penny for education.

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