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US Not Getting Money's Worth From ISS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the give-ya-five-bucks-for-it dept.

greysky writes "On the 45th anniversary of his first trip into space, astronaut John Glenn says the U.S. is not getting it's money's worth out of the International Space Station. From the article: "Diverting money from the orbiting research outpost to President Bush's goal of sending astronauts back to the moon and eventually on to Mars is preventing some scientific experiments on the space station"."

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  1. Re:Time to reevaluate the whole program by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's not a karma whore trick. It's a recognition that a good number of /.ers either work for NASA or have their heads well up NASA's ass. They WILL mod down any criticism, valid or no. It's a reality.

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.