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US Space Station Cuts Hurts Canada's Space Science

Posted by timothy on from the unintended-consequences dept.

Darwin O'Connor writes: "This article from The Toronto Star says that cutbacks in US Space Station budget reduces the amount of science that can be done on the Space Station to the point that the international partners, like Canada, Japan and the EU will not be given the science time they agreed to in exchange for thier contrabutions to the project."

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  1. Re:At the risk of souding US-centric... by rtaylor · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It shouldn't be based on economy size, but on the number of problems in the world you cause OR are involved in (takes 2 sides to have a war). If you go by that number I'm fairly sure the US 25% is closer to the mark.

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    Rod Taylor