US NRO had not just one but two unflown, brand new, better-than-Hubble space telescopes gathering dust: ►http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/12/06/hey-brother-can-you-spare-a-hubble-dod-sure-have-two/258061 - Out of control military budget ? Insane budgetary priorities ? Yes ! At least in the end they handed them down to NASA...