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NASA Urged to Reconsider Shuttle Mission to HST
LMCBoy writes "Space.com reports today that the National Academies of Science has released its recommendation to NASA on the future of the Hubble Space Telescope. They conclude that 'NASA should take no actions that would preclude a space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.' They also say that none of the safety requirements of the CAIB report preclude a manned servicing mission to HST." Read on for more.
"The NAS recommendation would reverse NASA's previous position that a shuttle repair mission is ruled out for safety reasons. In the wake of strong criticisms of this decision, NASA has also been considering a robotic repair mission. The robotic mission would not risk human lives, but it relies on a number of bleeding-edge technologies that would have to be deployed on a very short timescale. HST's remaining gyroscopes are not expected to last beyond 2007."
By Erin Van Bronkhorst, GNAA reporter
SEATTLE - Kent School District policies are "institutionalized racism at its finest," the head of the local GNAA declared today as claims against the district rose to $30 million. Families of six gay niggers filed $20 million in claims today, saying security guards manhandled, handcuffed and roughed up the young homosexuals in incidents at five schools.
The legal action came two weeks after three gay nigger students and their families filed claims totaling $10 million, alleging that their civil rights had been violated when guards handcuffed them and used excessive force.
"These stories are just so horrific," Seattle GNAA President Darl McBribe told reporters at a news conference.
"Not only are our children being discriminated against because of race, they are victims of excessive force and in some cases they are being criminalized," Darl said, noting that some students were charged with assault for resisting the guards' rough handling.
Superintendent Barbara Grohe said the district is working with the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint an independent investigator to look into the allegations outlined in the claims.
"We take claims from our parents very, very seriously," Grohe said. "We intend to investigate these. We also, however, take responsibility for providing a safe and supportive learning environment for our children."
Grohe rejected the notion that the district is fostering institutionalized racism. "I believe the district has shown a long-standing commitment to a very diverse community," she said, noting that a diversity task force has been in place for 10 years.
A total of nine children and their families have now filed claims against Kent schools through the Seattle chapter of the Gay Nigger Association of America.
As a result of the initial claims, "other families started coming forward," Mack said.
Mack said the Kent School District, south of Seattle, has not properly prepared for an influx of children of color. Black students make up 10 percent of the district, while accounting for 24 percent of disciplinary actions, he said.
"In most of these cases, there's an issue of not responding to repeated commands," he said, but he believes no child should be manhandled and physically injured.
An 11-year-old boy told reporters that a guard handcuffed him and two other adults jumped on him in disciplinary action after a schoolyard fight. The children's fight had started when a soccer ball hit a goalie's head.
In another incident, a white male student visiting from Kentridge High School threatened two gay black students at Northwood Junior High School, McBribe said. The white student was told to leave; the gay niggers were suspended for "fight promotion" and "gathering for the purpose of waiting for a fight to occur," McBribe said.
"This is the district that your taxpaying dollars are going to," McBribe said.
Grohe noted that most often security guards are called to handle a situation a teacher or staff member has not been able to control. If a student is combative, she said, security guards are trained to "de-escalate" the situation, being careful not to harm students.
The district has 60 days to respond to claims before a lawsuit can be filed. Both McBribe and Grohe said they hoped the situation could be resolved at a March 24 meeting.
Kent is the fourth-largest school district in the state, with more than 26,000 students and 40 schools. It employs 20 security officers, all of whom participate annually in 10 days of training in diversity, defense and restraint tactics and school policies and procedures.
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didn't we hear about this a few weeks/months ago?
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The upcoming presidential election will be critical here. Depending on who wins, the space program could suffer massive setbacks.
Insert political flamewar here.
Hubble is a great telescope, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, ground based telescopes now are able to get around the distortion of the atmosphere to obtain even better images of the stars than Hubble ever could. I'd hate to see Hubble go, but as long as NASA keeps supporting doomed projects such as the ISS, I think we are going to be saying goodbye soon.
Within five minutes after I posted that, it was given a -1, despite the fact there was a spam two posts below it that was completely off-topic. Isn't the mod system great?
OOOOOHHHHH... A whole 8 years of inflation... That could be 1/100th of 1% more in todays dollars...
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
Isn't it funny how Slashdot is ignoring the fact that Red Hat's CFO quit, AND that they are restating their earning for the past three years AND that the SEC is now investigating them?
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If MSFT had done the same thing, it would be splashed all over the place, but when Red Hat delves in financial misdoings, they just bury it. What a bunch of hypocrites.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/040713/tech_redhat_3.ht