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."

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Uh huh

[shadowbearer]

In a desperate effort to save the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA is considering a rescue mission using a robot instead of astronauts.

In a desperate effort to save his ass from public flames, NASA's new administrator is backpedaling in the face of enormous opposition from the community he's just been put in charge of.

Fuck. Him.

and fuck that back when it was first mentioned that K. was going to kill Hubble, that there were a lot of people (including me) who were talking about tele-operated missions to save Hubble (but hey, that would be a budget saver, wouldn't it, Sean, and you're just backpedaling eh? -> you are a fucking political shill who is grasping at straws in the face of huge opposition) but now... oh....wait...it's an election year....

O'Keefe is a worthless POS. Fuck him and all he stands for.

/personal

Hey, Sean. Fuck you. I'm not a professional part of the community, so I can really speak out, you can't take my job away from me. You are a two-bit POS administrator who knows jack-fucking-shit about how important this all is. You're a simpleton political appointee who has no idea how important all this is, or how many people's lives you are screwing up. You goddamn heartless bastard.

Kiss my vampire-hours lily-white ass.

Shadowbearer, an extremely pissed off 25+ yr amateur astronomer. Oh, and Sean, Fuck You, but there are really no words to describe how disgusted the community from Pro-2-Am is with your bullshit.

Yeah, I know I should rant this elsewhere. I will. I have a weekend project now.

SB

PS Mad doesn't even describe my feelings right now.