NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it?

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NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it? #821305 Yesterday at 12:00 PM
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OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere. Source: NASA is paying $30 million for a 1s...ore it falls from space. Is it worth it?