Take it from this pile: http://tinyurl.com/cqg699w
. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:27 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:351762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
