[Man of the Right]

Assuming public funding of the Hubble was worthwhile--questionable, but I'll ignore it for our discussion--a replacement Hubble could have been launched at far lower cost than funding the Shuttle to repair it.

Eventually, a program has to stand or fall on merit. Advocates of spam in a can are lobbying for trillions of dollars to fund the space station. Idiocy of this magnitude has implications for society. The spam lobby believes American society exists to provide it interesting craft to fly. I don't.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Do us all a favor. Drop the "spam in a can" and get a new line. That one is getting older than the 1940's technology you're crying about.