The Planetary Society's view: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003091/
patrick On 07 Jul 2011, at 23:02, Pete Pete wrote: > Bummer! > > > > Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > > > Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress > > By Amy Chung and Max Harrold > OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. > Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and > European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. > > Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. > > The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, > Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that > includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble > Telescope that was launched in 1990. > .... > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
