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I love Hubble, but $900 Million???
Don't worry about it. NASA is flush with Cash.
Scott Evil
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11/1/2006 9:09:06 PM
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As is all of Washington DC.
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I love Hubble, but $900 Million???
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Jeff F
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11/1/2006 8:53:58 PM
re: I love Hubble, but $900 Million???
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podrock
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11/4/2006 3:41:56 AM
Imagine if all the military money spent in Iraq were spent on telescopes instead
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SDF
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11/3/2006 2:13:35 PM
Advances in ground based optics
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Yeti
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11/2/2006 8:46:48 PM
What he said...
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R.L.
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11/3/2006 1:09:29 AM
re: OWL
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Raoul
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11/2/2006 9:19:53 PM
The TMT (30 meter telescope) will be built first...
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R.L.
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11/3/2006 1:35:03 AM
It will take a hammer to pry the grasping fingers of the cosmologists off of the telescope budgets
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E.P.
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11/3/2006 5:07:07 AM
Does this have ANYTHING to do with my post or this thread?
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R.L.
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11/4/2006 6:42:06 PM
re: So you are now arguing telecommunications satellites don't exist as they are last time I checked still orbiting in "free space"...8-)
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Chris Vancil
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11/3/2006 4:11:38 PM
Imagine what this telescope might do...
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ljk
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11/3/2006 4:35:50 AM
While I certainly agree that Information Processing
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Yetinaut
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11/3/2006 4:17:25 PM
probably it wouldn't cost much more to build one from scratch...
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dd
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11/2/2006 8:01:43 PM
$900 million would go a long way in paying for Hubble II
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Lee
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11/2/2006 5:30:47 AM
re: $900 million would go a long way in paying for Hubble II
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Jeff F
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11/2/2006 6:13:14 PM
JWT isn't designed for visible light.
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Lee
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11/3/2006 12:32:48 AM
The Hubble team overhead is $125 million a year?
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TB
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11/2/2006 4:25:27 AM
Oh, man! You want to cut and run?
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alcaray
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11/1/2006 10:23:27 PM
re:What matters
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Raoul
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11/1/2006 9:11:05 PM
re: re:What matters
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Marcia
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11/2/2006 3:12:49 AM
re: Yes, I meant WORTH it.
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Marcia
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11/2/2006 3:14:25 AM
Don't worry about it. NASA is flush with Cash.
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Scott Evil
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11/1/2006 9:09:06 PM
No, Scott, it isn't
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R.L.
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11/3/2006 1:20:37 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.