[meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope

[Patrick Wiggins]

The Planetary Society's view:
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003091/ 

patrick


On 07 Jul 2011, at 23:02, Pete Pete wrote:

> Bummer!
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> Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number?
> http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/
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> http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/
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> Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress
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> By Amy Chung and Max Harrold
> OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space.
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> Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project.
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> The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble Telescope that was launched in 1990.
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