James Webb space telescope axed

[Rev. Rye]

The hugely successful Hubble space telescope is scheduled to be deorbited and burn up in the atmosphere in 2012. It's role was to have been taken by the new and much more powerful James Webb Space telescope. But the Republicans, in the interest of protecting the wealthy from suffering the indignity of doing their part, have gloriously exterminated another nefarious tool of collective human progress.

James Webb space telescope have been Defunded by the house.

Odd. I didn't know NASA named expensive pieces of equipment after Rock songwriters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg

Oh, it's named for a different James Webb? Well, I guess this song written by the other guy is still somewhat germane.