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Politics Kills Spacecraft Launch

Posted by michael on from the business-as-usual dept.

Electrawn writes: "Partisan politics became involved in an effort to kill the Triana spacecraft. Triana's mission is to sit in Lagrange 1, a spot between the Sun and Earth and take pictures of Earth as a whole and monitor climate changes. Yahoo has this AP Story on what happened, and also, here is a MSNBC version via the Washington Post. It seems former Presidential candidate Al Gore had something to do with inspiring the space craft, which made it a target for the Republican Congress."

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  1. Re:How many birds can fit in Lagrange 1? by Myco · · Score: 2, Funny
    You could fit more if you use a Lagrange multiplier.

    >rimshot<

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  2. And while we're at it... by Paintthemoon · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...let's get rid of those pesky satilites that keep track of global warming. Obviously, another Democratic plot to undermine the efforts of the good people in our energy sector to make sure Americans can continue to scarf all the fossil fuels they want.

    *sigh*

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