OT: Shuttle

[Scott Nelson]

On 7/8/2011 10:55 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 7/8/2011 11:47 AM, Scott Nelson wrote:
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>> too bad nasa canceled venture star, it had potential...
> [...]
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> And Congress just cancelled the James Webb Space Telescope (Hubble's 
> successor), and cut NASA's budget by 1.64 billion dollars from last 
> year (and 2 billion less than requested):
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> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/07/07/congress-puts-nasa-and-jwst-on-the-chopping-block/ 
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>

looks like nasa may be out of business soon, perhaps they need a way to 
generate revenue in space.  any diamond encrusted meteors to catch?