To Good To Be True....Let's save the Hubble

The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...
President Bush just told us that we are going back to the Moon &
eventually to Mars...and there were questions on what may be cut.

Tonight we know what will be cut...The Hubble Space Telescope. The
next
reservicing mission will not occur..it will never occur.

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President,your Congressman or Congresswoman and your
Senators to defeat
this unjustified and plainly stupid action.

Thanks,

P. Edward Murray
Past President,
Bucks-Mont. Astronomical Assoc., Inc.
A Membership-Based 501 (c) 3 Educational Organization

As I understand it, Hubble is not being bypassed because it conflicts with
the moon. It is being bypassed because new safety standards require a
shuttle on standby for any flight that can't dock with the ISS.

An even more critical question may be: What's the status on the Hubble
replacement and how will that be impacted?

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
************************************************** **********



"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...
President Bush just told us that we are going back to the Moon &
eventually to Mars...and there were questions on what may be cut.

Tonight we know what will be cut...The Hubble Space Telescope. The
next
reservicing mission will not occur..it will never occur.

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President,your Congressman or Congresswoman and your
Senators to defeat
this unjustified and plainly stupid action.

Thanks,

P. Edward Murray
Past President,
Bucks-Mont. Astronomical Assoc., Inc.
A Membership-Based 501 (c) 3 Educational Organization

As I understand it, Hubble is not being bypassed because it conflicts with
the moon. It is being bypassed because new safety standards require a
shuttle on standby for any flight that can't dock with the ISS.

An even more critical question may be: What's the status on the Hubble
replacement and how will that be impacted?

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
************************************************** **********



"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...
President Bush just told us that we are going back to the Moon &
eventually to Mars...and there were questions on what may be cut.

Tonight we know what will be cut...The Hubble Space Telescope. The
next
reservicing mission will not occur..it will never occur.

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President,your Congressman or Congresswoman and your
Senators to defeat
this unjustified and plainly stupid action.

Thanks,

P. Edward Murray
Past President,
Bucks-Mont. Astronomical Assoc., Inc.
A Membership-Based 501 (c) 3 Educational Organization

As I understand it, Hubble is not being bypassed because it conflicts with
the moon. It is being bypassed because new safety standards require a
shuttle on standby for any flight that can't dock with the ISS.

An even more critical question may be: What's the status on the Hubble
replacement and how will that be impacted?

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
************************************************** **********



"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...
President Bush just told us that we are going back to the Moon &
eventually to Mars...and there were questions on what may be cut.

Tonight we know what will be cut...The Hubble Space Telescope. The
next
reservicing mission will not occur..it will never occur.

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President,your Congressman or Congresswoman and your
Senators to defeat
this unjustified and plainly stupid action.

Thanks,

P. Edward Murray
Past President,
Bucks-Mont. Astronomical Assoc., Inc.
A Membership-Based 501 (c) 3 Educational Organization

As I understand it, Hubble is not being bypassed because it conflicts with
the moon. It is being bypassed because new safety standards require a
shuttle on standby for any flight that can't dock with the ISS.

An even more critical question may be: What's the status on the Hubble
replacement and how will that be impacted?

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
************************************************** **********



"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...
President Bush just told us that we are going back to the Moon &
eventually to Mars...and there were questions on what may be cut.

Tonight we know what will be cut...The Hubble Space Telescope. The
next
reservicing mission will not occur..it will never occur.

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President,your Congressman or Congresswoman and your
Senators to defeat
this unjustified and plainly stupid action.

Thanks,

P. Edward Murray
Past President,
Bucks-Mont. Astronomical Assoc., Inc.
A Membership-Based 501 (c) 3 Educational Organization

"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...

snip

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President

,snip

All the letters in the world, all the indignant, or emotional, or reasoned
newsgroup postings can't hide the fact that Bush's proposals are bull****.
Two eyes and an abacus can tell us that.
Does ANYone take that man seriously?

"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...

snip

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President

,snip

All the letters in the world, all the indignant, or emotional, or reasoned
newsgroup postings can't hide the fact that Bush's proposals are bull****.
Two eyes and an abacus can tell us that.
Does ANYone take that man seriously?

"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...

snip

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President

,snip

All the letters in the world, all the indignant, or emotional, or reasoned
newsgroup postings can't hide the fact that Bush's proposals are bull****.
Two eyes and an abacus can tell us that.
Does ANYone take that man seriously?

"P. Edward Murray" wrote in message
om...
The old adage is that if something sounds to good to be true it
probably is...

snip

I'm asking you to join me,the American members of sci.astro.amateur,
to write to the President

,snip

All the letters in the world, all the indignant, or emotional, or reasoned
newsgroup postings can't hide the fact that Bush's proposals are bull****.
Two eyes and an abacus can tell us that.
Does ANYone take that man seriously?

The Hubble has served it's purpose and has had a good life.

The future of telescopes is ground-based interferometry and adaptive
optics. Such observations have already exceeded the capability of the
Hubble in some instances and are much less expensive to deploy and
maintain.

How many state-of-the-art ground observatories can be built for the
cost of one Hubble servicing mission?

---
Michael McCulloch