On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:26:19 +0100
Jonathan Silverlight
wrote:

In message , Ray Vingnutte
writes


Do we wave goodbye to this sort of thing when hubble burns up?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4414481.stm

If it burns before its successor is launched, then yes.
But the successor to HST (it is completed and launched successfully)
is the James Webb Space Telescope, which is specifically aimed at that
sort of distant target.
What we lose is the wonderful results in visible and especially
ultraviolet from objects closer to home.
Losing HST is the equivalent of destroying Mount Palomar - only more
expensive.
Apologies if your question was rhetorical and you already knew that!
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Have you seen this..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4426535.stm