"Jonathan" wrote in message ...
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.


A robotic mission is more expensive than a manned mission and less
likely to succeed, so obviously it's the best way to do it.

I say we get some astronaut volunteers, send the shuttle, and the heck
with NASA bureaucrats who can't make tough decisions. How are we going
to send people to Mars if we're terrified of putting them into low
Earth orbit?

Kevin