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Cassiopeia

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12. It's all of it (handouts that is)
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 10:22 PM
Apr 2016

We give billions in tax breaks and subsidies to corporations that could fund 30 years of NASA's budget with a single year of profits.

Hard science is hard PJMcK Apr 2016 #1
It doesn't cost all that much in the grand scheme of things. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #2
Many Many Thanks SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #5
It's not just those spent trillions. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #6
go go go SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #7
love the sig line. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #8
Yeah, the money PJMcK Apr 2016 #10
It's all of it (handouts that is) Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #12
Not only do they have to design it to work, they have to keithbvadu2 Apr 2016 #3
Years ago, when the Pentium class chip Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #13
That's the story of any processor designed for space. backscatter712 Apr 2016 #14
Exactly. Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #15
New Horizons.... reACTIONary Apr 2016 #20
Eventually these things will have their own repair droids if something physical needs to be done. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #4
Unfortunately, Thespian2 Apr 2016 #9
FYI The planned mission duration for Kepler was.. reACTIONary Apr 2016 #11
I think we’ve all gotten so used to NASA missions going way over their projected lifespan Baclava Apr 2016 #18
Hope it didn't lose one of the two remaining reaction wheels. Thor_MN Apr 2016 #16
It took some seriously ingenious engineering to keep it going this long Baclava Apr 2016 #19
I'd rather my tax dollars go to NASA than to the war machine. navarth Apr 2016 #17
I agree Matthew28 Apr 2016 #22
Nasa re-establishes solid contact with Kepler spacecraft Eugene Apr 2016 #21
Yay! James Webb space telescope is years away...at least Baclava Apr 2016 #23
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