Shuttle Retirement Costs Divert Science Funding

FleaPlus writes "Although overall NASA funding is expected to increase next year, NASA has announced plans to divert money from its science program to help pay for the expected cost overruns for flying the Space Shuttle safely until its retirement in 2010. A number of science projects are being canceled or delayed indefinitely."

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Christian Fundimentalism

[Hairy1]

I suppose you have to expect this kind of thing when Christian Fundimentalists are in charge of the science purse strings. Just take a look at the recent issue with NASA Public Relations censoring a scientist on Global Warming. The last thing the Christian Fundimentalist Bush administration want is more money spent on science that continues to prove their dearest beliefs wrong. After all if you know "The Truth" by divine relalation why bother with science?

Re:Wonderfull

[pease1]

Wow, so nasa is now like an airline I guess. Just trying to keep flying those pointless shuttle flights.

Gads. This has been the case for the past decade. You blind, been living in a hole or what?

Goddamn that budget ruined my day

[4D6963]

What a depressing budget, cancelling/delaying some of the coolest projects out there (mostly the ones about earth-sized exoplanets and black holes) and funding that crap ass shuttle thing and even the HST.

The HST!! When will they realize that this piece of crap is only good at taking useless nice-looking colourful pictures and throw this money hungry telescope in the Pacific.

And no, the next "See, the HST made us discover something that we couldn't have discovered without it" Slashdot article won't change my mind.

Dump the muthafucka in the Pacific ocean, now!