physorg.com — After eight years of study, NASA has approved the construction of an unmanned satellite that will scan the entire sky in infrared light to reveal nearby cool stars, planetary "construction zones" and the brightest galaxies in the universe.
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bibliophobeOct 20, 2006
Good news, glad they're finally getting around to this. I wonder why there is such a lag in planning for these sorts of things. It's not like it's rocket science.
puffarthurOct 20, 2006
It's all about budgeting. Now that we aren't competing with the soviets, there is not as much of a rush to develop space technology, so we give NASA less money. The space race with USSR was to put something into orbit and prove we could deliver nukes anywhere in the world, i.e.ICBMs. However, now with Bush's new space policy, and with the USAF saying they are going to militarize space for years, we might see a resurgence of investment into space tech.
justice101Oct 20, 2006
Just incase there are any "existential threats". ROFL ;)
rysolagOct 20, 2006
f**k man, one day we're all going to wake up and someone's going to drop some crazy discovery on us. hell yeah.
puffarthurOct 20, 2006
No i think they are more concerned with the fact that China tried to blind and/or damage one of our spy satellites. You can agree or disagree with our using satellites to spy on others, but this is a legitimate military threat.