Comments on: Because of a $10 million shortfall in its astrophysics budget, NASA is weighing the fate of nine operating space telescopes. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/because-of-a-10-million-shortfall-in-its-astrophysics-budget-nasa-is-weighing-the-fate-of-nine-operating-space-telescopes/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/because-of-a-10-million-shortfall-in-its-astrophysics-budget-nasa-is-weighing-the-fate-of-nine-operating-space-telescopes/#comment-162894 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:06:40 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28022#comment-162894 Can’t Obama just ask some of his liberal friends to donate a little?

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/because-of-a-10-million-shortfall-in-its-astrophysics-budget-nasa-is-weighing-the-fate-of-nine-operating-space-telescopes/#comment-162796 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:41:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28022#comment-162796 If they can’t analyze the data, they should just keep the satellites powered on and sending data back to be stored. It’s not like it will get moldy sitting there waiting for someone to dig through it. Storage of data should be rather trivial at this point and if they need help, maybe the NSA will show them how to store mass amounts of data efficiently.

Shutting these things down is like saying, “I am going to be away from the phone so I am going to turn off the answering machines since I wont be there to listen to it.”

]]> By: PeterF https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/because-of-a-10-million-shortfall-in-its-astrophysics-budget-nasa-is-weighing-the-fate-of-nine-operating-space-telescopes/#comment-162790 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:17:21 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28022#comment-162790 Isn’t this the same NASA that spent a million dollars developing a zero gravity pen while the Russians solved the same problem by using a pencil?

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