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Perhaps we should start naming space telescopes after politicians, so that NASA's budget has an easier time in congress.
by yk 10y ago
Perhaps we should start naming space telescopes after politicians, so that NASA's budget has an easier time in congress.
- gruturo 10y agoThis is precisely what happened. Edwin Hubble was an astronomer, James Webb a NASA administrator.
- watersb 10y agoThe Robert Byrd Green Bank Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope
- robin_reala 10y agoThat made me wonder where the Jodrell Bank Observatory got its name from, turns out it was an archer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jauderell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jauderell