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NASA Engineers Dispute Hubble Safety Claim

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the forced-obsolescence dept.

Zeinfeld writes "According to the administration, the Hubble space telescope is going to be allowed to die in the next three years because the shuttle mission required to save it would be too risky. Meanwhile the public plans say shuttle missions to the space station will resume. Papers leaked to the New York Times say hogwash. The article (free subscription required) reports claims that money and politics, not safety are the reason. The public NASA story is clearly nonsense, and if the science from Hubble does not justify a shuttle mission, then it's time to pull the plug on the space station. I suspect that is exactly what will happen after the November election."

3 of 412 comments (clear)

  1. Re:You wanted tax cuts. You got them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dude, by a number of really reliable metrics, we didn't choose Bush.

  2. What? by cubicledrone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who listens to the engineers anyway?

    Come on! This is the new new new economy! All we need is marketing!

    </sarcasm>

    (This is funny because it's true)

    --
    Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
  3. Re:safety issues by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Hubble is the first to go - followed a close second by the IIS.

    I agree with the second half of that - IIS should definitely go. Good thing Apache has 'alternate' funding! :)