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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 16:47:29 GMT -5
Nasa is fighting to save its next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. Politicians want to end the project – one of the most complex ever conceived by space engineers – even though billions of dollars have already been spent on its construction. Scheduled for launch in 2016, the James Webb, intended to replace the ageing Hubble Space Telescope, would orbit in deep space, a million miles from Earth, and peer into the dawn of the universe. Its observations would answer major questions about the structure of the cosmos, say astronomers. Many other countries have committed large amounts of time and money to building components for the telescope. One example is the Mid-Infrared Instrument (Miri), which would analyse light gathered by planets forming from dust clouds around stars. This is a joint US-European project which has two project leaders, one British and one American. www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/09/nasa-james-webb-space-telescopeHouse of Representatives'? What a bunch of utter fucking dicks!!!! We're talking about axing the telescope that might be able to find extrasolar planets within the habitable zone. You know ...the next Planet Earth!!
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Post by masterplan200 on Jul 11, 2011 2:57:59 GMT -5
Which one, the carbon tax hungry arseholes or the US?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 8:01:32 GMT -5
US innit.
I just don't get it tho. It's been underway for a long time, not cheap either.
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