The End for Chandra

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The End for Chandra

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The Chandra Xray Telescope might be a victim of budget cuts.

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It’s unthinkable that they would budget down a piece of space observation is actually working with no flaws as I was reading in the article.
Its mirrors have been smoothed down to be able to receive an atom.
That’s absolutely incredible.
What really kills me is they just passed a budget in the house with, for example electrification of Africa, more money to the Ukraine but something like this that’s working perfectly fine ,a great tool they want to chop down the budget ridiculous !
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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Let's hope that they at least keep it on standby.
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Unfortunate that this is happening.
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