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NASA Unveils Hubble's Successor

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-and-improved dept.

dalutong writes "BBC News has an article detailing NASA's replacement for the much-loved Hubble telescope. The $4.5 billion telescope will be placed in orbit 1.5 million km from Earth and will be almost three times the size of the Hubble. It is set to launch in 2013. They also plan to service the Hubble in 2008."

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  1. Coincidence? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Interesting that the old hubble finally does something really outstanding/newsworthy (discovery of dark matter) right as the new one is announced....

    Coincidence or marketing ploy?

  2. Silly Americans by gelfling · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Space science will be long dead by then. Space is being commercialized and weaponized for near earth orbit. Telescopes? Bwahahaha. Who's going to pay for that? And relying on the ESA? LOL. They can't get Galileo off the ground. No, I think we have to disabuse ourselves of this notion. The era of space science is nearly over. It was a good run but between the Left and the Right, politically, no one wants to spend anything for it anymore.