History repeats itself...In 1974, public spending cuts instigated by Gerald Ford led to Congress cutting all funding for the telescope project http://en.wikipe

History repeats itself...In 1974, public spending cuts instigated by Gerald Ford led to Congress cutting all funding for the telescope project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Quest_for_funding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Quest_fo... And yet, it eventually worked itself out, we got the telescope in a scaled back fashion, and some of the best science of the past 2 decades in astronomy. Do write your congressman or woman about this and remind them how short sighted they are being (if you're in the US).