[oxcart]

11 Million for a day...$458,333.33/hour, 7,639/minute

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Will Rogers

[oxcart]

(((PING)))

[tet68]

Couldn’t they see it from the ISS?

[LegendHasIt]

Probably Ted Cruz’s fault...

Or maybe lower level TEA party saboteurs.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Give the baloon to Slick-willey
He'll blow anything !! Even a cigar !

[biff]

I remember back in the old days when we used to do this kind of stuff with world class giant rockets. NOW WE CAN’T EVEN DO IT WITH BALLOONS!!!

My, how far has NASA fallen, thanks to our boy president.

[Dagnabitt]

The Obama administration will now drape the giant deflated balloon over Mount Rushmore, “closing” the monument during the govt shutdown.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The cardboard tube used to make the telescope got damp and warped. NASA is at the discount carpet outlet waiting for another tube to come available.

[Right Wing Assault]

...the 0.8-meter telescope on its science gondola platform returned to a stowed position too rapidly. That motion drove the telescope past an internal latch, causing it to jam, mission officials said.

Sounds like a poor design in several ways. Get some high school kids on the job.

[B4Ranch]

ping