Michael Kent ) wrote:
: Christopher M. Jones wrote:

: Fafnir wrote:

: No, I blame the cancellation of Hubble on Bush.
:
: He is, after all, president.

: Fair enough. Though, strictly speaking, he's not entirely
: responsible for Hubble being 15 years old.

: Please note that 15 years was always the nominal mission lifetime of the
: Hubble Space Telescope. That HST is now expected to be de-orbited after
: 17 or 18 years respresents a mission extension, not a contraction.

Fine, IUE was only to last 5 years but they managed to get 20 out of it.
If Hubble can be repaired, actually it is really maintenance was we aren't
fixing anything that is broken per se; shouldn't we keep it going?

: (Don't take that to mean I approve of the recent Hubble nonsense, because
: I don't.)

Now I'm confused. I think you have a career in politics...

Eric

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: Mike

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