The Hubble Space Telescope has been up for over 20 years now and I think almost everybody has at some point enjoyed looking at some of the fantastic pictures its taken. After reaching the end of its cost-effective lifespan the James Webb Space Telescope was to be its successor. Unfortunately it looks like the USA may be cancelling the successor to the Hubble.
I just realised that my previous post on this was 18 months ago. That’s depressing. Well, the situation has mostly stayed the same since then. It’s good that it has not become worse!
This post is a slightly edited version of an email I sent to my local representative about the matter.
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The Australian government is planning to filter the internet to protect children. The idea is to have two tiers of filtering. The first tier is enabled by default for all internet connections and blocks all material considered unsafe for children. Adults will have the option to move to the second tier which is designed to only block illegal material.