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   From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com   
      
   JazzMan  writes:   
      
   > It will take an act of Congress to save what is   
   > inarguably one of the finest instruments of science   
   > ever invented from premature death due to bone-headed   
   > stupidness on the part of NASA.   
      
   Congress has no political incentive to do so.   
      
   Technogeeks, astronomers, and space scientists do not have a strong   
   lobbying presence in Washington D.C., and do not represent a significant   
   "swing vote" in federal elections.   
      
   Also, from a political perspective, it "creates" more patronage jobs   
   for a district containing an aerospace contractor if the Hubble   
   is allowed to burn up, so that it must be replaced by a bigger,   
   more expensive telescope. By contrast, _saving_ the Hubble does not   
   "create" _any_ political patronage jobs.   
      
      
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