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yk
on Nov 21, 2016
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Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surp...
Perhaps we should start naming space telescopes after politicians, so that NASA's budget has an easier time in congress.
gruturo
on Nov 21, 2016
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This is precisely what happened. Edwin Hubble was an astronomer, James Webb a NASA administrator.
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on Nov 22, 2016
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That 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
watersb
on Nov 22, 2016
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The Robert Byrd Green Bank Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope
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