Jodrell Bank May Close Down

Anonymous Astronomer writes "MERLIN, the UK's only radio astronomy facility, is facing closure following the results of a Programmatic Review carried out by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the results of which were announced on Monday. The review placed MERLIN and the upgraded telescope e-MERLIN, due to go online later this year following an investment of £8M, in the low-priority category under serious threat of funding cuts. The upgraded array of telescopes, situated across the UK, will be 30 times more sensitive than the current array and will be a unique facility for observing distant objects and helping us understand the universe. If these cuts go ahead however, not only MERLIN but the entire Observatory including the iconic Lovell telescope, based at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, will be under threat of closure."

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I think we can all agree

[Anonymous Coward]

that this is a sober and fitting response to the junk science of astronomy espoused by so-called "scientists". These strange bearded men are usually atheists, which explains why they believe in the absurd theory of heliocentricism.

Indeed, instead of curing us with prayer, so called "scientific" doctors kill our children by refusing to prescribe antibiotics. Furthermore, scietists destroy our Great Nation's wealth maximization potential (and therefore, aid the cause of the Democ-rats and terrorists!) by using unChristian, Euro-pean software such as Linux.

Truly, is there anything less scientific than science?