National Science Foundation to CLOSE Major Observatories?

[benburch]

Based on what I heard on Today's "Nature" podcast, the NSF actually plans to react to a budget shortfall by closing observatories and telescopes.

I think we need to find out the details of this and pressure Congress to fully fund Astronomy.

[adriennui]

1. who needs science

just ask god what he thinks.

[FormerDittoHead]

2. All the answers you need are in the Bible. Have you READ the Bible?

Will we live to see our society work it's way out of this mess?

[adriennui]

5. i have never read the

BIBLE. it didn't even interest me as fantasy (i was a cynical child).

[JuniperLea]

3. Science? We don't need no stinking science!

We need that money for war!

All we need is W conversing with God. We can't go wrong!

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. you've seen one star, you've seen 'em all

Or was that trees?

[Orsino]

6. The * Administration stands for nothing if not for ignorance. n/t

[Wilms]

7. That's what we get for asking them to stop spying.

[Ptah]

8. It's been going on for years.

Major, new instrumentation has been down for at least eight years.

:cry: :wtf:

[Bill McBlueState]

9. yep

They stopped funding the 14-meter radio telescope on the Quabbin reservoir in Massachusetts.

If anyone wants to contact their representatives about astronomy funding, I'd sure appreciate it!