Sorry, Australia’s New Space Agency Isn’t Called ARSE (But We Can Dream)

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  1. Space_Time

    Space_Time Well-Known Member

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    Not sure this is for real. Should the real space agency adopt this name? There's an inevitable tweet in the article asking if the 1st destination will be Uranus:

     
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    scarlet witch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes the Space Agency is great news especially for future generations, communications and satellite are going private with several companies in Australia providing nano satellite services. Also no need to go through the painful and expensive clunky technology era, the work has already been done and we can skip all the big spending of the last 50 years.. thank you NASA
     
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    It's so quiet in here you could hear a
     
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    I don't want my tax dollars being spent on exploration for explorations sake. I love astronomy and frequently take my 12" Newt out to see the stars, but we're a small nation with a small budget and we should leave that sort of thing to the USA, Europe, China, etc.

    If it makes sense on a cost benefit perspective, because NASA's launch fees are extortionate or something then I can get behind it. Otherwise stay out of my wallet.
     

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