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Hello Alan!
04 Oct 25 10:29, you wrote to me:
>> 2. I have received the following msg from Alan Ianson :-
>> Msg starts:
>> It seems there is a funding issue at NASA and so the APOD website
>>
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ is not being updated any more. There is
>> a one line note near the top of the webpage that says..
>> "Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not
>> updating this website. We sincerely regret this inconvenience."
>> So unless the good folks at NASA can find a way to fund the APOD
>> project it looks like it is over.
>> I`ll keep an eye on the website for any updated info but for now at
>> least there will be no hatches for me to send your (or anyone
>> else`s) way.
>> I am assuming this refers to the `daily` weather maps which I notice
>> often comes in two days clumps anyway for many weeks so even less
>> useful which in any event is mostly useless for Europe as it will
>> change significantly enough to be totally inaccurate :)
> No, I am refering to the files I hatch in the NASA file area, The
> astronomy picture of the day.
> I don`t hatch the files in the WEATHER area, I think they originate at
> 1:229/426. Those files are still flowing as far as I know.
> It`s the files in the NASA area that have stopped flowing, at least
> for now.
> The last file hatched was ap251001.zip. If NASA can manage to find a
> way to fund the APOD project and update their website then I will
> continue to hatch those files but it seems that for now anyway it is
> not happening.
Last I have for NASA was from 1st October 7 files totalling 12696k.
Vincent
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