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NASA gets two military spy telescopes for astronomy

Posted on June 5th, 2012 at 8:13 by John Sinteur in category: News -- Write a comment

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The secretive government agency that flies spy satellites has made a stunning gift to NASA: two exquisite telescopes as big and powerful as the Hubble Space Telescope. They’ve never left the ground and are in storage in Rochester, N.Y.

What an excellent reminder of US spending priorities.

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