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Subject: Re: Hubble Rubble


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Kathyrn
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Date Posted: 06:58:31 01/27/05 Thu
In reply to: NKLS Cody 's message, "Re: Hubble Rubble" on 10:56:39 01/25/05 Tue

>It looks as if the actual
>decision has been made by a Bush appointee, NASA
>Director Sean O'Keefe, so the blame is once removed &
>slightly divorced from The White House, but he serves
>at the pleasure of the president, so his philosophy
>and priorities are always going to be consistant with
>his boss.
>
>As you said, it really is a shame the HST will be
>destroyed and, I'm afraid, there might be a right-wing
>religious agenda at work here that isn't interested in
>proving the origions of the universe by scientific
>methods.
>
>Take a good look at these photos, since the source
>will become defunct by the end of next
>year:

>
> >src="http://felix.unife.it/Root/Bilder/hubble/hubble-04
>0310-7.jpg">
>
> >src="http://felix.unife.it/Root/Bilder/hubble/hubble-04
>0310-8.jpg">
>
> >src="http://felix.unife.it/Root/Bilder/hubble/hubble-04
>0310-9.jpg">
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What gets me is that they already nixed the supposed replacement which was suppose to be better than the hubble,
Thus the idea of servicing hubble in 2006.

Seems like Bush has plenty of room in a budget for the wealthy and wars - or if not pass the bill on to another generation.

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