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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
If you were more suspicious, you'd wonder why this news came out on the Friday before a holiday weekend.
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A mission to Mars is a boondoggle, but looking at stars is important science. the moon trip produced more valuable technology than anything that came before. Why wouldn't a Mars trip do the same? This would be pratical advances that improve quality of life.
from bilmore's post it seems unlikely there was a direct link to the telescope being cut, but even if so, a telescope helps us learn about stuff that's interesting, hypothetical, and of no real practical value.
so even if it were a "choice," it seems like an intelligent choice.
