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No More Science on the ISS Until Further Notice

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the privatization-is-the-answer dept.

Dyna-Soar writes "Discovery Channel News is reporting that NASA is canceling scientific research projects on the International Space Station until construction is complete. This may not happen before 2010 or 2012." From the article: "In addition to beginning development of a new manned launch system, expenses to return the shuttle fleet to flight following the 2003 Columbia disaster and delays completing the International Space Station have left NASA with a projected shortfall of up to $5 billion over the next five years"

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  1. The real reason US-americans hate the ISS... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...is of course the "I" part. The alleged lack of science is only a scapegoat (of course it doesn't produce science, since it's only supported half-heartedly). But with the "I" part they can't stroke their jingoistic ego.

    So they'd rather waste their money on killing a bunch of sand-niggers because that makes them oh-so-much superior and everyone is only thankful for beeing converted to their superior way of life even if it means being killed like an animal.

  2. Re:Just imagine by irablum · · Score: 0, Troll
    Combine those $300 billion dollars with all the other amounts of money spent by other countries for military purposes, plus all other amounts for stupid things (for example paying athletes millions for kicking a ball), and you get the idea of were money is wasted at.

    With that amount of money, we could start building the NCC Enterprise and finish it in 100 years, while in the meantime discovering antigravity and antimatter warp drive.

    I am a citizen of the world. Everyday I talk to tens of people from all around the globe, thanks to the internet. I feel silly when the world 'war' is mentioned, because I do not have any real differences with other people. All our differences are artificial, introduced by megalomaniac leaders that want to take over the world, but have no more brain that ...Pinky and Brain.

    WE /.ERS MUST START AN INTERNATIONAL MOVE FOR STOPPING ALL PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS OF ALL TYPES OF PURPOSES IN ALL COUNTRIES. THINGS ARE GETTING SILLIER BY THE MINUTE, AND IT IS UP TO US TO SAVE THE WORLD!!!

    the world just called and told me to tell you to shut the fuck up, it doesn't want you to save it.

    (fucking tree-huggers) Look. People fight for what they believe in, and they fight for survival, whether its against aggressive neighbors or their environment. I guarentee you that if every country in the world destroyed every weapon that they had, some yahoo in Arkansas with a hidden cache of AK's will take over the world.

    And the analogy can be extended. Maybe I'll just ask to mod you flamebait and ignore you otherwise.

    Ira