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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by modeless on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:33PM (#27858021)
For the politicians that fund NASA, spending money is the whole point. They call it "job creation".
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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by 2Gkashmiri on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:16PM (#27858572)
agreed but what job creation is a project sitting dead for 5 years? are they giving people salary for not doing anything and then claiming too much costs or something else?
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