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Clock Ticking for Hubble

Posted by michael on from the what-goes-up dept.

DoraLives writes "Ok then, what are we going to do with Hubble? Eventually, it MUST come down. The New York Times has a piece that addresses this less than pleasant (at least for the astronomical community) subject. Additionally "The decision about what happens then has been complicated by the breakup of the Columbia." Read all about it."

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  1. That sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For everything Hubble has done to further astronomy (and since it was practically the only bright spot of the otherwise maligned space program), they owe it a better end than what they are proposing. To deorbit it and let it burn up with as much thought as one would give to flushing a dead goldfish is just plain wrong.

    It should definitely be retrieved and become a piece in the Air & Space Museum's collection.