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Repair Costs for Hubble Are Vexing to Scientists

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the resource-management dept.

wallstreetprodigy23 writes "Some scientists questioned whether a repair mission for the aging Hubble Space Telescope was worth a projected cost of $1 billion to $2 billion at a hearing of the House Science Committee on Wednesday. Both scientists and legislators praised the orbiting observatory for the many contributions it had made to science since it was launched in 1990. But the telescope needs servicing to continue working... "

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  1. So true, so true. by bennomatic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And don't even get me started on universal health care...

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  2. Re:Peanuts by TheFlyingGoat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hard? Google for "iraq civilian deaths".
    http://www.iraqbodycount.net/

    They're reporting 17884 civilians. So that's around 20,000 if you count coalition military as well. The only number missing then is the number of insurgents that have been killed. It's also worth noting that most of those 17884 were killed by suicide bombers (see the database on the site - 7350 were from the coalition force).

    Now for a comparison:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of _prisoners_in _Iraq_under_Saddam_Hussein

    Looks like Saddam killed at least 250,000 people just in 1988 and after the first Gulf war. Are you going to say that the allies were wrong in going after Hitler too?

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  3. Re:Agreed by Grishnakh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who has the selective memory, and what do Democrats have to do with anything?

    I remember hearing all these claims from our leadership about how Iraq had and was developing WMD. Indeed, these quotes back that up. Well, where the f**k are they?

    I don't care what political party anyone who said anything belongs to. All I care about is that we're involved in yet another Vietnam, wasting money and lives, because of lies by our leadership.