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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. Re:Pop Quiz by Alsee · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I would note that we know how to do E, G, and likely A.

    I think you left out F?
    F. Reduce deficit/Debt Reduction

    What we can't seem to figure out is how to prevent politians from (1) trolling for votes by lowering taxes (2) trolling for votes by spending more on new and/or popular programs (3) making up the difference in "future tax revenues when the economy booms" (4) Ohh! Look! Puppies!

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