I'd have thought that it might actually be useful to get it back and examine
what and how it has aged in orbit. Not having much luck are they? They lost
skylab, Mir was brought down, now although its possible, nobody wants to
risk it for Hubble... Well, I expect they will pay for a dummy model to be
made...

:-)

Brian

--
Brian Gaff....
graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
Email:
__________________________________________________ __________________________
__________________________________


"Craig Fink" wrote in message
hlink.net...
| .. belongs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, not spread across the
| earth as a debris field.
|
| http://www.msnbc.com/news/994737.asp?0cv=TB10
|
| begin quote
|
| In the wake of the space shuttle Columbia disaster, NASA pulled the plug
on
| any plans it had to retrieve the Hubble Space Telescope at the end of its
| life so it could be displayed in a museum.
|
| end quote, begin rant
|
| NASA (or better yet Congress) should pull the plug on some NASA managers,
| instead of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has
| contributed so much to our the knowledge of the Universe it would be
| criminal not to put it in a museum for display along with all it's
| achievements.
|
| NASA management, definitely the "Wrong Stuff". Not a care in the world
| about spreading Columbia all across East Texas, but worried about Hubble
| debris. Not a creative or innovative thought about how to repair Columbia
| on-orbit with the stuff they had on-board. No wonder they can't figure out
| how to make a repair kit for the heat shield so they can service or bring
| Hubble down safely.
|
| end rant
|
| Save the Hubble, from a disgraceful death,
|
| Craig Fink


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free, so there!
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 21/11/03