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NASA Has Been In Safe Mode For A Month

by Keith Cowing January 22, 2019

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In the 60 years that it has existed @NASA has never been turned off for a month. pic.twitter.com/MDVinW9osJ

— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 22, 2019

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