Hubble Marching orders

Eric Chomko wrote:

Michael Kent ) wrote:

: Christopher M. Jones wrote:

: Fair enough. Though, strictly speaking, he's not entirely
: responsible for Hubble being 15 years old.

: Please note that 15 years was always the nominal mission lifetime of the
: Hubble Space Telescope. That HST is now expected to be de-orbited after
: 17 or 18 years respresents a mission extension, not a contraction.

Fine, IUE was only to last 5 years but they managed to get 20 out of it.
If Hubble can be repaired, actually it is really maintenance was we aren't
fixing anything that is broken per se; shouldn't we keep it going?

I've already stated that I think we should.

: (Don't take that to mean I approve of the recent Hubble nonsense, because
: I don't.)

Now I'm confused.

I've noticed.

You see, most of us can often see the point of the other side of a debate
even if we don't agree with it.

P.S. I'll trade you 100 Apple IIs for one Apple I. Deal?

Only if those 100 Apple II's are all Mark Twains.

Mike

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