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Budikka

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Jan 31, 2004, 3:48:31 PM1/31/04
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There's now a petition to save the Hubble telescope, which at current
projections is going to be derelict long before its replacement is
ready:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437309.stm

Budikka

duke

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Feb 1, 2004, 1:40:09 PM2/1/04
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On 31 Jan 2004 12:48:31 -0800, budi...@netscape.net (Budikka) wrote:

>There's now a petition to save the Hubble telescope, which at current
>projections is going to be derelict long before its replacement is
>ready:

>Budikka

Ok, you foot the bill to keep looking at the same "sky" that's already been
looked at.

Bill, The Avender

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Feb 1, 2004, 2:23:25 PM2/1/04
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In alt.atheism on Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:40:09 -0600, duke
<duckg...@cox.net> wrote:

Seeing as how things change in any given section of space on a
virtually continuous basis, which section of sky would that be?
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Al Klein

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Feb 1, 2004, 8:50:44 PM2/1/04
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On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:40:09 -0600, duke <duckg...@cox.net> posted
in alt.atheism:

>On 31 Jan 2004 12:48:31 -0800, budi...@netscape.net (Budikka) wrote:

>>There's now a petition to save the Hubble telescope, which at current
>>projections is going to be derelict long before its replacement is
>>ready:

>Ok, you foot the bill to keep looking at the same "sky" that's already been
>looked at.

Should we stop medical research, seeing that it's the same body that's
been researched before?
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