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Re:Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa. by jonhohle on Sunday August 12, 2012 @04:25PM (#4373540)
It seems like NASA is always "struggling" to get funding, when in reality, there have been very few years when their budget wasn't higher than the previous year[0], even when taking inflation into account.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA

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Re:Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa. by nitrogen on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @02:10AM (#4379633)
And yet there are still science programs canceled half way through development.
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