The deep space antenna that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous "one giant leap for mankind" declaration from the moon to a rapt American audience will be offline for eight months for repair.
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from:msnbc.comNASA to repair deep space antenna in California
Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 2:29 AM EST (msnbc.com)
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"The labor-intensive process, which will involve jacking up 9 million pounds, will keep the antenna out of service until at least November."
Being back in service in election month do you think maybe the Democrats have something to do with this!