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Hope for Hubble

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-up-your-mind dept.

yulek writes "It may not be over yet. space today reports that Bush's NASA administrator nominee, Michael Griffin, wants to revisit the Hubble decision. Space.com has some more details. The big question is: do we really want to save Hubble for the right reasons or is it more of a symbolic thing? Considering NASA's fiscal woes, is this a waste of funds? I have loved the Hubble images for the last decade, and the research that stemmed from them, but I think that the most incredible camera we've ever made may need more than just an upgrade. Perhaps it is obsolete."

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  1. If You Have A Copy of the Hubble Manual... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have a copy of the Hubble Manual, 24 April 1990, NASA will pay you $10,000.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:If You Have A Copy of the Hubble Manual... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I do,
      $ man hubble
      No manual entry for hubble
      damn

  2. I got an idea by bman08 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they can turn it around, point it at earth and use it to film new episodes of Star Trek Enterprise!

  3. Awesome! by jlmcgraw · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sounds just like the Terri Schiavo case, except set in space!

  4. Re:Symbolic, Of Course by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not just call the thing Hubble II? People would say "Ah, a better hubble than hubble" and stuff.

  5. Re:Hubble is obsolete by ChuckSchwab · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, I was just BSing. Can't believe I got modded up.

  6. better use of funds by omahaNerd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of repairing hubble, NASA should use the money to train monkeys to work at the USPO. They could evaluate software patents more accurately than anyone currently working there.

  7. Re:Nothing wrong with revisiting the decision by ezberry · · Score: 3, Funny

    grammatical errors like dangling prepositions?

  8. Re:Space telescopes are obsolete by hylander_sb · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sorry, that's just stupid.

    An example:
    2 of the 3 sources for the first optical evidence of a planet outside our solar system came from SPACE TELESCOPES (Hubble and Spitzer). This was last week I think. Maybe 2 weeks ago. Is that the work of an obsolete system?

    Your physics professor needs to stick to dropping balls from ladders and leave the astronomy to astronomers.

    Friggin' professors. They piss me off.

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  9. Re:Symbolic, Of Course by dingDaShan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stability and accuracy are great, but what about clarity? It does no good to have a satellite that can barely take pictures for us. The images from the hubble are disappointingly low resolution. The technology available now would make a far far far better telescope. Though it would cost more, there are improvements across the board. The truth is.. the hubble WILL be replaced eventually. I am a firm believer in euthanasia of satellites. If a satellite keeps wanting to die i wil help it.