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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

Cash-Starved NASA May Have to Nix 1 Space Telescope to Save Others:

Based on the findings of an independent review panel, NASA has taken stock of its fleet of orbiting astrophysics telescopes and decided which to save and which to shutter. Among the winners were the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Kepler planet-hunting telescope, which will begin a modified mission designed to compensate for the recent failure of two of its four stabilizing reaction wheels. The infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, however, may be deactivated due to lack of funding. And a bid to convert data collected by the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) into a format usable for astrophysics was also deemed too expensive.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cash-sta rved-nasa-may-have-to-nix-1-space-telescope-to-sav e-others1/ [scientificamerican.com]

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