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    End of an era

    NASA plans to decomission the Hubble telescope.

    The Hubble Space Telescope and a mission to explore Jupiter's moons look to be the biggest casualties in Nasa's 2006 budget plans outlined on Monday.

    Under the proposals, a mission to service Hubble would be scrapped and the observatory brought back to earth.

    Nasa's total budget would rise 2.4% over 2005 to about $16.5bn (£9bn), but only $93m would be spent on Hubble.

    About $75m (£40m) of that would be used to develop a robot mission to steer it into the ocean at the end of its life.

    The US space agency (Nasa) has fared better than many government agencies in President George Bush's 2006 budget request.

    But the White House is not seeking as much money for the space agency as had previously been planned - and that is bad news for Hubble.
    The Beeb

    That's bad news, and they don't have any replacement for it.
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    Why doesn't someone else pony up the dough?
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    • #3
      Like Canada.
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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      • #4
        If it's so valuable, why don't we?

        Better than half the stuff we end up spending money on anyways.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
          If it's so valuable, why don't we?

          Better than half the stuff we end up spending money on anyways.
          Like excempting churches from taxes.
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          • #6
            Like excempting churches from taxes.
            How is that spending money on churches?

            I didn't know you equated tax cuts with government spending.
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            • #7
              seriously though, why couldn't other countries help save it until the next model comes out?

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              • #8
                This is the cut I have the least problem with.
                I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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                • #9
                  Well, if its breaking down again... It's probably a good idea to go ahead and take it down and save repair money. I guess...

                  Perhaps we couldnt learn much more than we already know with the current Telescope? Since "neccesity is the mother of invention" maybe this will turn out to be a good thing?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


                    How is that spending money on churches?

                    I didn't know you equated tax cuts with government spending.
                    Give us a break, it's not terribly hard to come to the conclusion that revenues would be higher if religious organizations were taxed like the other ones.
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                    • #11
                      ahh but in taxing churches.. where is the seperation of church and state
                      Apolyton Empress
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                        How is that spending money on churches?

                        I didn't know you equated tax cuts with government spending.
                        Lost revenue from things that should be taxed is no different than spending it on useless things.



                        ahh but in taxing churches.. where is the seperation of church and state
                        I hope this is a joke.
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                        • #13
                          Errr... there's a banana smiley to nurture your hopes, in case you didn't notice...
                          In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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