Saturday, January 26, 2013

5 Minutes of Sun Photos Cost Taxpayers $5 Mil

In the midst of all the grim news about manic government spending and higher taxes comes a comforting story that’s sure to provoke lots of warm and fuzzy feelings among Americans; the nation’s space agency spent $5 million on a special telescope that took pictures of the sun for around five minutes.
As the price tag clearly indicates, this isn’t just any telescope. It’s a very sophisticated device that’s able to do what no other has managed; take high resolution images of the sun’s atmosphere. This is critical because it unravels a decades-old mystery surrounding the huge temperature discrepancy between the sun’s most outer layer and surface.

Read more: http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/01/5-minutes-of-sun-photos-cost-taxpayers-5-mil/

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