Craig Fink 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.


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