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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, Redundant

    Yes, I believe they should.

    The UN is an insurance policy. Those benefiting from insurance more often pay higher rate than those who don't. Then again, Afghanistan really isn't benefitting from anything are they -- but you can't argue that the US didn't benefit (corporation policy wise anyway) considering the number of dumbass things pushed out under the 'fighting terrorists' clauses that were really for advertising, etc.

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    Rod Taylor