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NASA gets two unneeded Hubble-sized spy telescopes | Ars Technica
In sci.astro.amateur message a-2dnd7L_8R0XFPSnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@giganews.
com, Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:35:21, Rich posted: Chris L Peterson wrote in : Why? We have all sorts of launch vehicles capable of placing these in orbit. And no money to do it till 2020...They probably won't anyway, if the Webb is a success. NASA have been given two spy telescopes, which they seem not to know what to do with. They should allot one to the US Universities as a whole, with half of the price of a Falcon delivery launch. Deciding how to use it, and raising the rest of the money, will be an excellent lesson in practical politics. They might even get an educational discount from SpaceX. If, a year after launch, that one is working well, repeat the donation. Otherwise, keep it in case NASA ever finds money again. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQqish topics, acronyms and links; Astro stuff via astron-1.htm, gravity0.htm ; quotings.htm, pascal.htm, etc. No Encoding. Quotes before replies. Snip well. Write clearly. Don't Mail News. |
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