"Jonathan" wrote in news:rrKdnZLXK8ZS97zcRVn-
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All that money to save the Hubble will go
down the drain. A robotic mission will likely
take longer than planned, cost more than planned
and probably fail.

agreed

Even if completely successful, it only gives a couple
of years. For a couple of billion?

say a couple thousand million... it will make you feel better.

A couple of billion to keep a handful of scientists
on the gravy train for a ...couple of years.
We could hire half of Baghdad for that.

Could half of Baghdad do the work of the Hubble?

What we are looking for is life, Hubble cannot see it.

Who said what we are looking for is life?