[sdiy] OT - Letting Hubble die

[Tim Parkhurst]

I know this is absolutely, COMPLETELY OT, but I just CANNOT believe that
we're no longer going to service the Hubble space telescope and just let it
fall back to Earth sometime in 2005 or 2006.

http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=MyLycos&storyId=821753

A complete waste, and very shortsighted. They're saying it's too dangerous
for shuttle crews to service it anymore... HELLO? Space exploration is still
a dangerous thing to do and we're not going to make any advances if we only
pick 'safe' missions. The astronauts fully understand this, and there still
is a huge pool of qualified volunteers. Heck, I'd go in a SECOND if they'd
take me!

Okay, I'll shut up now.

Tim (OT rant) Servo
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




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