NASA has an $11 billion budget and ST's anual budget is roughly $60 million (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.hu bble30jan30,0,5789060.story?coll=bal-health-headli nes look at the bottom of the article). Operating HST is a lot less exepnsive than developing manned space flight. Also, do not forget that ST will run James Web Space Telescope, so not all of those dollars will go away, especially not in in the long term.
actually, you are wrong... O'Keefe said that money had nothing to do with his decision. but, hey, keep typing whatever comes into your head and don't worry about accuracy...
that's just wrong. UV is blocked by the atmosphere. and let's not forget about a thing called atmospheric distortion. Webb does IR and so will not help with UV astronomy. and FUSE does far-UV not near-UV like Hubble.
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Maybe we'll get those atomic-powered automobiles after all ...
i really hope so. i have wanted an atomic-powered car since i was a kid...
NASA has an $11 billion budget and ST's anual budget is roughly $60 million (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.hu bble30jan30,0,5789060.story?coll=bal-health-headli nes look at the bottom of the article). Operating HST is a lot less exepnsive than developing manned space flight. Also, do not forget that ST will run James Web Space Telescope, so not all of those dollars will go away, especially not in in the long term.
actually, you are wrong... O'Keefe said that money had nothing to do with his decision. but, hey, keep typing whatever comes into your head and don't worry about accuracy...
that's just wrong. UV is blocked by the atmosphere. and let's not forget about a thing called atmospheric distortion. Webb does IR and so will not help with UV astronomy. and FUSE does far-UV not near-UV like Hubble.