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Hubble Upgraded; NASA's Future Not So Bright

Posted by michael on from the one-hundred-seventy-two-million-cheap dept.

jokrswild writes: "After 5 space walks and 172 million dollars, Hubble has been successfully redeployed. Hopefully it will be able to amaze us yet again in its abilities to capture the unimaginable." And Captn Pepe writes: "Space.com has a couple of articles regarding what the Congressional Research Service and what NASA's new chief administrator have to say about the space agency's future plans and prospects. The short version is, don't hold your breath for a Mars mission."

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  1. Want to go to Mars? Go then! by Crag · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If exploration of Mars or any other part of space is particularly important to you, go for it. Posting about it here probably wouldn't hurt anything, but you won't be any closer, either. There are people who have been to space, and they got there by taking those "small steps". They may have whined about lack of progress, who knows. Whether they did or not, it was their actual actions that got them (and viacariously, us) up there.

    I value Space Exploration, but not enough to commit any resources to it. You're not going to convince me otherwise, but if you study, campain, raise money, found companies or support agencies, maybe you can make a difference and see your goals realized.

    Thank you, NASA, for all you've done for us, and keep up the good work.

  2. Re:Talk About A Low Budget! by G-funk · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hahaha :-)

    Now what the world needs is for China to get their asses (halfway) to mars. That's the only thing that'll scare the shit out the US congress enough to get the good guys there first.

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  3. Re:Pop Quiz by Alsee · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I would like to give Mars to the Negroes ... All Negroes will be transported there

    My first reaction was that this could be a good idea. We are already funding education with a sucker tax, why not fund space with a bigot tax?

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