It is really sad that NASA does not have the 1.3 billion funding needed to complete their new telescope project that would help explain what dark matter is, among other things.
The way the government spends money, 1.3 billion is nothing for a project of such potential scientific importance. They could siphon off some from the hundreds of millions that keep getting dumped into that F-35 money pit, for example, which is at least 50% over budget and still years away from completion. hmm choices are produce a bunch of planes that fall short of the original design specs at a cost of $235 million each (for now), so we have a new capacity for efficiently killing one another, or invest 1.3 billion in a program that might give us a better understanding of physics and how the universe works, a program for which NASA has managed to knock $250 million off the budget before the project has even started .. even been funded. The cynic in me tells me which option wins out. Come on. There has to be 1 billion bucks that can be scrounged up from somewhere. I think I might write my representatives about this one. Link to story about the telescope: http://tinyurl.com/6lmp8uu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351758 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
