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NASA Seeks Proposals For Hubble Robotic Servicing

Posted by simoniker on from the beavis-and-butthead-delighted dept.

hcg50a writes "SpaceFlight Now has an article about NASA asking for proposals to mount a robotic mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Such a Hubble-servicing mission would occur toward the end of calendar year 2007. If you like politics mixed with your spaceflight, you can read NASA Administrator O'Keefe's speech in which the announcement was made."

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  1. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would be funny if some of the Battlebot teams got together and made a proposal. The robotic module gets closer and closer....then suddenly, a huge blade whips out and slices the Hubble in half! PWN3D!!!

    1. Re:Hmmm... by Nakkel · · Score: 2, Funny

      It wouldnt even get close before it gets scorched by Hubbles huge magnifying glass.

  2. Heh heh heh by dmayle · · Score: 1, Funny

    (Picture Beavis and Butthead)

    Heh heh heh... Did he just say robotic servicing? Huh huh...

  3. My Electrolux by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    has already volunteered. He says he wants to make Hubble the cleanest telescope in space.

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  4. Re:JUST SEND A FUCKING HUMAN. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You change your government by voting? I hadnt noticed.

  5. Re:Extending the technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "They don't do much that is useful. "

    Excuse me? They absorb the huge surplus of engineers that universities pump out every year. It's a form of welfare. Do you really think that we (the human race) need that many engineers? Where are they gonna go? The other big welfare-for-engineers domain is defense.

  6. Fine... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fine, just so long as we don't get a Post Terran Minerals Corporation.

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