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So, who is taking odds on the Hubble Proposal Cycle 18 Deadline being postponed from this friday to next week because of The Upcoming Monster Storm!

Even if it misses Baltimore, as the current track would have it, our genteel colleagues in Boston might be Not Amused.

Of course none of us are betting on a delay, we're rushing to get our proposals done thoroughly and early.

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I'll bet against the delay. Of course, I'm too far north for major snowstorms, and I'm recycling a proposal from last year, so I don't need an extension. :-)

By Craig Heinke (not verified) on 24 Feb 2010 #permalink