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Shuttle Retirement Costs Divert Science Funding

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the robbing-einstein-to-pay-feynman dept.

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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  1. Funding Diverts... by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is bad! I mean how are they going to get the shadow angles right now!? ;-)

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  2. OH NO!! by kernelblaha · · Score: 2, Funny

    How are we going to get that moon station up and running? And what about sending a man to mars? All my dreams are gone to *"?!#

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    1. Re:OH NO!! by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

      How are we going to get that moon station up and running?
      By submiting to the dark side of the force!

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  3. Space shuttle overruns? by Dekortage · · Score: 3, Funny

    So we're spending billions of dollars to preserve old spaceships, when things like SpaceShipOne only cost tens or hundreds of millions for test flights?

    This is kind of like my father's insistence on maintaining his 1972 Cadillac (at a ridiculous annual cost) instead of purchasing a newer vehicle (say, a Honda) that gets three times the mileage and has much lower support costs. Of course, it just isn't as big or masculine... that's probably what this is all about.

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  4. Re:Name change by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't we just call it "swallow"? Because it takes a lot of money and sometimes kills things that are living and usually white. Also I doubt it could grip a coconut even by the husk.

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  5. Re:Painted itself into a corner by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Russians built many space stations without the Shuttle, pretty sure the geniuses at NASA can accomplish the same.