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		coldpie on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: James Webb first images – complete set of high res... > People are already bitching about how much it cost I like to point out that Microsoft could have paid for seven JWSTs (development costs and all) with what they paid for one Activision.

radicaldreamer on July 12, 2022 [–]

Now imagine the funding for all the spy satellite programs over the past few decades...

jacquesm on July 12, 2022 | [–]

Hubble definitely piggybacked on the defense applications, for JWST that isn't the case.

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