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Originally Posted by Saturnine
Hi
My understanding is that the NEO program only costs $110K p.a. to run, here's an proposal ( tongue in cheek ! ). If 5000 members of the I.I.S. community pooled $22 each, less than the cost of a cheap eyepiece, that would fund the project for another 12 months and thus keep this valuable resource running.
Of course the funding for the program should come from the public purse as it very well may save "us" from an disaster or at least inform us of new comets to whet our appetite or of potential near misses.
Jeff
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You can count me in for $22 per year for the next 10 years!