Hubble Stays
After George Bush proclaimed his retro-visionary plan of sending a man to the Moon and even Mars, an over-excited NASA realized they would have to make serious financial cuts to their current projects to pay for such lofty goals. One of the first to go on the chopping block was the highly successful and still operating Hubble Telescope, a satellite which can observe the edges of all space and time. Astro-scientists went ballistic, and launched a campaign to maintain the invaluable Hubble into the future. The challenge represented another scenario that has come to characterize the Bush presidency - blowing off legitimate, focused causes for the misinformed whims of Bush's administration. The most glaring example would be his hazily defined "War on Terror." After having legitimate reasons to go unseat the ruthless Taliban in Afghanistan
and banish Al Qaeda, the current administration went on to its misadvnetures in Iraq before finishing the job. Reports from Kabul leave much to be desired, just as Iraq is an utter mess. Hopefully, Afghan citizens will take some cues from the scientific community to refocus world attention for a teetering nation. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa to save Hubble telescope
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Wednesday, August 11, 2004
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