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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 Perhaps it is obsolete."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
  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.