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The Fight Over NASA's Future

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-no-power-at-my-house dept.

swestcott writes "The New York Times has an interesting article about the transition to the Obama administration and NASA's transition to the new Orion."

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  1. Re:I need rehab by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Do you have cable TV? A cell phone? GPS? None of these would be possible were it not for the "pork spending" on space. All of them rely on sattelites.

    Cable TV comes down a cable. Cellphones connect to towers or antenna arrays on buildings. One out of three. Fail.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."