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67. The freakiest story I've heard...

Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:24 PM

Dec 2013

...was when NASA was hurting for money, was looking for a way to fund putting an astronomical satellite or two in orbit, and went around, hat in hand, and the NRO essentially told them "Hey, we've got a pair of spares in our garage, you want em?"

The spares that the NRO were trying to get rid of were two Hubble-sized space telescopes! Junk to our military-intelligence-industrial complex, but had the NASA people's eyes popping out of their skulls!

http://atomictoasters.com/2012/06/the-nro-takes-pity-on-nasa-gives-them-spare-hardware/

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Yeah! DeSwiss Dec 2013 #7

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Very funny and clever. Thanks, Bucky! AAO Dec 2013 #47

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Like NOT pressing Z to make their dreams come true! n/t Scootaloo Dec 2013 #57

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Never gets the credit he deserves, either... freshwest Dec 2013 #70

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Oh you mean this? DeSwiss Dec 2013 #13

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''UMBRA!!!'' He groaned into the toilet in the morning..... DeSwiss Dec 2013 #16

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It's not totalitarianism when WE do it! FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #53

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Now THAT'S a terrifying image hatrack Dec 2013 #45

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Sums up their mentality...and if you're not afraid, joeybee12 Dec 2013 #37

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RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!! Erose999 Dec 2013 #41

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The freakiest story I've heard... backscatter712 Dec 2013 #67

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