"Scott M. Kozel" wrote in message
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http://www.floridatoday.com/news/spa...501SHUTTLE.htm

NASA details risks to astronauts on mission to Hubble
_FLORIDA TODAY_ - May 1, 2004

CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA for the first time Friday detailed its reasons
for a controversial decision to scrap a servicing mission to the Hubble
Space Telescope, saying the flight would entail higher risk to
astronauts.

It sounds like a rationalization. They flew the shuttle before ISS. They
complain about double work to get a second shuttle ready, but if there is no
rescue mission, they could launch the second shuttle to ISS. They were
planning missions to ISS. Isn't it NASA's job to work.

They wouldn't be able to repair the second shuttle before launching it, but
their downtime between disasters is so long, that not even ISS could save
them. ISS has the Soyuz as a backup. Is there any chance of a Soyuz backup
for a Hubble mission?