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With budget reviews complete, NASA has okayed the extension of the Kepler mission, and has managed to find dollars to keep alive a bunch of other space astronomy missions. It's bad news for the Spitzer mission, which at this stage is set to be cut in the new budget. The infrared space telescope, launched in 2003, exhausted its …

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  1. Wzrd1 Silver badge

    Oh well

    The ESA and India will have a presence in space. The tea party is slowly getting their desired goal of shuttering NASA.

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  2. Brewster's Angle Grinder Silver badge

    Can we bomb a few less people and do a bit more science.

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    1. willi0000000
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      Can we bomb a few less...

      fighting stupid is hard.

      they would rather fight other people.

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