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Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 and futurecancelled.
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:34:02 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb () kgb com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:18:00 To:Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 and future cancelled. Just coincidentally, this arrived just moments before the Hubble message: Mars Mission a Trojan Horse? By Suneel Ratan Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61937,00.html 02:00 AM Jan. 16, 2004 PT President Bush's plan to go to the moon and to Mars without much additional funding will force NASA and Congress to make hard choices -- particularly regarding the space shuttle and the hugely expensive International Space Station, observers said. The Bush plan increases NASA's budget by just $1 billion over the next five years. That means the space agency has to figure out how to carry out the mission -- first a return to the moon and later a trip to Mars -- without a lot of additional money in its budget. The first places to look for resources are the station and shuttle, which consume about a third of NASA's $15 billion budget. One question that's sure to arise -- assuming Bush's vision for the moon and Mars sticks -- is whether to kill the station and shuttle now, instead of in six to 12 years as the plan currently envisions, said Howard McCurdy, a space historian at American University in Washington. That would free up at least $25 billion over the next five years to go to the moon and Mars. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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