October 31, 2006
Hubble to be Repaired
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Finally some good news for the “aging” space telescope. From the AP:
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NASA will send a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, agency Administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday, reversing his predecessor’s decision to nix the mission.
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Something I can actually agree with Sen. Mikulski about. I am sure that there are plenty of folks who will gripe about the price tag but this country has wasted far more on far less.
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Now this is disappointing from a Libertarian. But, we all lose our heads from time to time. Heck, I’m sure I liked some benefit or another from the fascist Big Gubamint.
Why should I be forced at gunpoint to fix the Hubble?
It’s not “mine”. I certainly didn’t put it up there. No one came to my door — virtual or physical — and said “knock, knock! We’re collecting to put up a space telescope and would you like to kick in a few bucks?” A local boy scout did that for his Eagle project.
NO, using tax money, collected by violence on our fellow citizens, is immoral and wrong. No matter how neat the pictures are.
I always look at the margins. (Read the great Austrian economists to really grok it.) Somewhere, something was silently crowded out by this theft. Maybe a Mom could make a special cake. Maybe a Dad couldn’t buy his kid something they wanted. Maybe an investment was missed. Maybe a privatized Hubble was precluded. By stealing our money for this, they preclude us from doing that! It always happens because we live in a world of scarce resources.
We see the pictures; we don’t see the silent harm!
I hope that this Libertarian can convince that Libertarian.
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