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NASA was going to launch an x-ray telescope. NASA spent $43.5 million on it. Then it killed the $119 billion program.
Better killed than completed. But it’s another example of government planning.
No one asked: “Why should NASA be spending money on an x-ray telescope?”
No one asked: “Why should NASA even exist?”
What was the telescope supposed to do? It was to study polarized x-rays streaming out of black holes and neutron stars.
You ask: “Why should taxpayers care?” Sorry; you are clearly part of the lunatic fringe.
The correct answer is: “To promote the latest theory of tax-funded astronomers. They need this information to make their careers.”… Read the rest of this entry »
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