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Astronauts, Robots to Save Hubble
BungoMan85 writes "Astronauts who serviced the Hubble Space Telescope, among others, feel that NASA's administrator Sean O'Keefe shouldn't be too quick to abandon the now 14 year old space telescope because of safety concerns arising from the Columbia disaster." And an anonymous reader writes "At the insistance of congress, NASA is looking for a way to save the Hubble. "It's the most unpopular decision I could have made," Sean O'Keefe said of his decision to cancel the shuttle mission planned to fix Hubble. He has authorized his engineers to pursue the possiblity of a robotic rescue mission. This could be a great opportunity for private industry contractors."
Are Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck doing anything important right now?
If my answers frighten you, stop asking scary questions.
Ebay should buy the telescope just to sell it. They'd make a packet in exposure and hopefully break even on the sale.
Translation: Good business opportunities for private enterprises here. No need to waste the damn thing.
No no.. You're completely wrong -- The two previous posters are clearly more 'in the know' than the people who actually deal with this stuff for a living.
When was the last time either Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck did anything important?
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
NASA could have one. Build a robot to fix a broken telescope laying around the southern California desert.
After decades of war across the galaxy, I'm glad that Astronauts and Robots have joined forces to save mankind.