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The Hubble Lives On

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-flying dept.

tanman writes "CNN reports that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has agreed to send astronauts on one final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. No date was reported for the mission, other than before the shuttle fleet is retired. From the article, 'A rehab mission would keep Hubble working until about 2013. It would add two new camera instruments, upgrade aging batteries and stabilizing equipment, add new guidance sensors and repair a light-separating spectrograph. Without a servicing mission, Hubble will likely deteriorate in 2009 or 2010.'"

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  1. One final mission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    CNN reports that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has agreed to send astronauts on one final mission
    Their sacrifice will be appreciated.
  2. Service Lifetimes... by steve-o-yeah · · Score: 3, Funny

    Support for Hubble SP1 has expired. Please upgrade to Hubble SP2.

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    I hate the term 'Sig'.
  3. Re-entry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A rehab mission would keep Hubble working until about 2013. It would add two new camera instruments, upgrade aging batteries and stabilizing equipment

    Part of the challenge is ensuring that the telescope will burn up on re-entry at the end of its working life. This will be solved by sole-sourcing the battery upgrade from Sony.