[sdiy] OT - Letting Hubble die

[john mahoney]

Slashdot today has a reference to a Hubble story in the National Review (a
political magazine):
    http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/powell200402180926.asp
Bottom line: There is *supposed* to be a superior, Moon-based scope in
around 10 years, and Hubble won't last that long anyway. So the story goes,
and I hope that's true. Therefore, this may not be as tragic as it seems. It
stinks, though.

Hubble's photos are amazing!
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/
--
john


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Parkhurst" <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>
To: "synth diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: [sdiy] OT - Letting Hubble die


> 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
>