BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa plans to bring down Hubble

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm

The Hubble Space Telescope and a mission to explore Jupiter's moons look
to be the biggest casualties in Nasa's 2006 budget plans outlined on
Monday.

Under the proposals, a mission to service Hubble would be scrapped and
the observatory brought back to Earth.

Nasa's total budget would rise 2.4% over 2005 to about $16.5bn (?9bn),
but only $93m would be spent on Hubble.

About $75m (?40m) of that would be used to develop a robot mission to
steer it into the ocean at the end of its life.

Etc... see link for more info...
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The Hubble Space Telescope is about to have its death warrant signed,
according to US government sources.

Officials revealed on Friday 21 January that NASA's budget for 2006
contains no cash to save the ageing telescope. Instead, it earmarks
funds to decommission the instrument. President George W. Bush will
present the budget proposal on 7 February, and the US Congress will then
consider it.

The telescope could yet win a reprieve. Congress could insist on
boosting NASA's budget to include the costs of a servicing mission, as
they did last year. And NASA has enough flexibility in how it spends its
US$16.2 billion budget for 2005 to devote some resources to a rescue
mission.

See link for rest of report
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0501.../050124-2.html
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This intrigued me; coincidentally, only a few days ago, I was wondering
this exact same question; of why I've never seen a credible website or
picture of the phenomenon. Tonight, I also googled, and I also drew a
blank, except for the following:

http://www.weatherpictureoftheday.co...lbum-i0753.htm

http://www.weather-photography.com/t...page=elmosfire


Having said the above, I do believe the phenomenon exists; corona discharge
is easy to generate artificially.

I'd like to see it "in the wild" for myself.

Sorry for the top-post. Somehow seems more appropriate in this case.


Martin
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"Nick" wrote
The Hubble Space Telescope is about to have its death warrant signed,
according to US government sources.

Officials revealed on Friday 21 January that NASA's budget for 2006
contains no cash to save the ageing telescope. Instead, it earmarks
funds to decommission the instrument. President George W. Bush will
present the budget proposal on 7 February, and the US Congress will then
consider it.

The telescope could yet win a reprieve. Congress could insist on
boosting NASA's budget to include the costs of a servicing mission, as
they did last year. And NASA has enough flexibility in how it spends its
US$16.2 billion budget for 2005 to devote some resources to a rescue
mission.

See link for rest of report
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0501.../050124-2.html
--
Nick in Northallerton
www.whelan.me.uk
Also nickw7coc on
Yahoo Messenger
& on MSN Messenger

Fleetie wrote:
This intrigued me; coincidentally, only a few days ago, I was wondering
this exact same question; of why I've never seen a credible website or
picture of the phenomenon. Tonight, I also googled, and I also drew a
blank, except for the following:

http://www.weatherpictureoftheday.co...lbum-i0753.htm

http://www.weather-photography.com/t...page=elmosfire


Having said the above, I do believe the phenomenon exists; corona discharge
is easy to generate artificially.

I'd like to see it "in the wild" for myself.

Sorry for the top-post. Somehow seems more appropriate in this case.


Martin

Pssst... wrong thread!

Tim ;-)