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Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble

Posted by Hemos on from the better-use-of-good-money dept.

Avantare writes "Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble In a sternly worded letter to acting NASA Administrator Frederick D. Gregory, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she expects the U.S. space agency to heed the will of the Congress and keep preparations for a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission on track. Congress, in passing an omnibus spending bill late last year, directed NASA to set aside $291 million of its 2005 budget to spend planning and preparing for a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008. When NASA informed Congress just weeks later that it intended to spend only $175 million of that amount on the Hubble repair effort, some saw the move as an indication that the agency was preparing to abandon plans to service Hubble robotically and rely instead on a space shuttle crew to fix the telescope."

6 of 322 comments (clear)

  1. Too bad Barbra won't pick up the tab by selectspec · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great. Have Barbra pay for it.

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  2. Wow... by tmleafsar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...for $291 million, i better be able to get some nice shots of my hot neighbor in the shower.

  3. Re:I see your bullshit and raise you a horseshit by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    New sats arent cheap...

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  4. Nasa is servicing the Hubble by harris+s+newman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just like a bull services a cow.

  5. Re:Understanding risk by twiddlingbits · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have never heard of this, I think it's bogus as all get out. Probably a troll.

  6. Re:Understanding risk by jbridge21 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This actually shows up in the movie Contact, although that's not a real reference.