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Nasa Says 'no' to Hubble Reprieve

falconed writes "From the BBC, 'Nasa has given a final "no" to requests for it to change its mind and grant a reprieve to the Hubble Space Telescope.' Not much new info here; canceling the program due to safety issues. This has been discussed on Slashdot before."

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  1. Re: elections? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    > maybe the elections are just a tad too far away, is suspect that in 6 months or so NASA will have a sudden change of heart, following a generous promise for funding and flying to mars, the moon, and the sun from president bush.

    And another round of tax cuts to fund all of it...

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  2. Re:elections? by BlowChunx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, if Bush would volunteer to get in a jump suit and fly to the sun, I would pay double the taxes I owe!

    Then maybe would could fly that "Mission Accomplished" banner and have it mean something.