Re: The Hubble Space Telescope...

Craig Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>http://www.msnbc.com/news/994737.asp?0cv=TB10

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>In the wake of the space shuttle Columbia disaster, NASA pulled the plug on 
>any plans it had to retrieve the Hubble Space Telescope at the end of its 
>life so it could be displayed in a museum. 

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>NASA (or better yet Congress) should pull the plug on some NASA managers, 
>instead of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has 
>contributed so much to our the knowledge of the Universe it would be 
>criminal not to put it in a museum for display along with all it's 
>achievements. 
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I disagree with your assessment.  Sure, if it's cheap and safe, by all
means save important scientific stuff for a musuem.  But if it will cost
a lot of money, or be risky, better to honor its heritage by spending
the money and/or risk on a new scientific instrument.  Given the
choice, I'd much rather see new data from a new instrument than see the
Hubble hardware in a museum.

   Lou Scheffer