NYT: Death Sentence for the Hubble?

rk wrote:


Sean O'Keefe, the departing administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, has yanked the agency's most important scientific
instrument off life support. His refusal to budget any funds to service and
upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope looks like the petulant final act of an
administrator who made a foolish decision and then refused to back down in the
face of withering criticism from experts.



If the repair mission costs as much as building a new telescope, then we
should build a new telescope using updated technology. This time with a
mirror that's ground correctly.
Improved ground based telescope resolution has taken away a lot of
Hubble's necessity.

Pat