Interstellar Pioneers Facing Termination

marcel-jan.nl writes "There are plans to terminate the interstellar missions Voyager 1 and 2 and the solar mission Ulysses in October to save money. The Voyagers alone need $4.2 million a year for daily operation and data analysis. Scientist say this cut is "an extremely foolish thing to do": the Voyagers are approaching the edge of the Solar System and Ulysses is observing the Sun coming to the end of a 22-year magnetic cycle."

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Re:*sigh* Figures Bush is against science

[Anonymous Coward]

This is just another example of the short-sighted science policies of the current government in the White House.

The administration has been anti-science since the beginning and shows no signs of letting up.

Should the public become aware of how shoddy the Bush administtration has handled the EPA, NASA and other science organizations, there would be a massive protest (not that Bush listens to anyone other than "Big Dollars").

It is time therefore, for all those who value research, intelligent thought and learning to make it known what is happening to science in the US and try to stop it.

Professionalism

[N8F8]

I have a hard time believing you were in charge of anything. Welsome to the world of government contracting. Sometimes you have to justify your existance and sometimes outsiders have different priorities. Flaming about world politics you probably know very little about will not help your cause.