First casuality of Bush's Space Plan - The Hubble

[Melrapuo]

Hubble to be allowed to "degrade" in space, while funds are focused on sending man to Mars/Moon (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/hubble.telescope.ap/index.html)

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I heard just this month that they were planning to do a few upgrades and have it towed to a better orbit, and eventually when it becomes obsolete, use another tow vehicle to cast it off into space, because its too big to return to Earth in a shuttle and too big and too much radioactive material to let it burn up in the atmosphere. I dont think its an option to allow it to fall to Earth.

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[MizzleTizzle]

I have no problem with them retiring the Hubble; irrespective of who did it.

It was a damn good scope once they fixed it, but the cost over-runs and delays and mistakes were bad, real bad. A perfect example of what NASA, I hope, is trying to get away from.

An orbiting scope is great, but too expensive to repair. Earth based ones have to deal with the atmosphere, but imaging technology is getting amazing, and if it breaks, you can get a ladder and do a repair.

Hey I love the thing; my classrooms were practically wall-papered with Hubble images, but the upkeep on it vs. scientific return = I can live with land-based scopes until a replacement.

Now here is one place NASA could score; get a Hubble-Plus sized scope to the Moon. You solve most of the problems with stabilization, power, etc. You get photos that are so good and give us so much amazing data that we find some good reasons to keep movin' on out.

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[MizzleTizzle]

its a big conspiracy so we dont see the face on mars is really a network of cities of ice made by the zeta reticulans

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[sr71blackbird]

The article I just read said theyd let it fall to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere, but I seriously doubt that, and I remember the issue when they launched it saying it had a large quantity of radioactive powder for its batteries and stuff (remember they were going to give out dust masks to everyone in Florida when they launched it, just in case?). Id like to see them launch it into the sun, just to see what happens. Wouldnt you?

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[Butters]

they better bring it back down i left my gum on it

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[furie]

Hubble casualty of Bush space plan


no, that's not TOO biased

So, NASA's retiring the Hubble 3 years early, and this
makes Bush a monster?

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This message was edited by furie on 1-17-04 @ 9:46 AM

[mikeyboy]

no, that's not TOO biased

So, NASA's retiring the Hubble 3 years early, and this
makes Bush a monster?


Maybe, but isn't your response just as biased? I didn't see anything in the initial post even implying that Bush was a monster for it. I only saw it as a statement that under Bush's space plan, the Hubble would be retired early.

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[furie]

that's a picture i've been able to build from this and most stories from cnn. it's the usual cnn inference.

They could have said "Hubble to retire early" without angling it any. But "casualty" makes it sound more sinister.


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[A.J.]

the Hubble would be retired early.

It wants to spend more time with its family.

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