On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:43:18 GMT, in a place far, far away, Bruce
Palmer made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

MSNBC - Hubble debate -- a lot of sound and fury
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4580820/

"When Jones went into harm’s way, he had a fleet (and active naval
yards) and could afford to loose a few ships. We can’t."

Ignoring the loose spelling of the word "lose," I disagree. This
statement would have been true on January 13th, but once we made a
decision to phase out the Shuttle, I think that in fact we can afford
to lose another orbiter, and Hubble is worth that (very small) risk.