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theatlantic: U.S. Military Has Two Better-Than-Hubble Space Telescopes Just Sitting Around NASA’s been wracked by budgetary concerns as it tries to figure out how to do research into the origins of everything *and* loft human beings into orbit with big rockets. In particular, the space agency has been dealing with cost overruns on the next-generation Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, which have been eating up the science budget. Now, we get word from the Washington Post that the Department of Defense has gifted two better-than-Hubble telescopes to NASA. That’s right. Our military had two, unflown, better-than-Hubble space telescopes just sitting around. This story is almost unbelievable; it feels like a hoax. But it’s not. Read more. [Image: NASA] NASA: Can you spare a Hubble? U.S. military: Sure, have two!

theatlantic:

U.S. Military Has Two Better-Than-Hubble Space Telescopes Just Sitting Around

NASA’s been wracked by budgetary concerns as it tries to figure out how to do research into the origins of everything *and* loft human beings into orbit with big rockets. In particular, the space agency has been dealing with cost overruns on the next-generation Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, which have been eating up the science budget.

Now, we get word from the Washington Post that the Department of Defense has gifted two better-than-Hubble telescopes to NASA. That’s right. Our military had two, unflown, better-than-Hubble space telescopes just sitting around. This story is almost unbelievable; it feels like a hoax. But it’s not.

Read more. [Image: NASA]

NASA: Can you spare a Hubble?

U.S. military: Sure, have two!