16 Jan
2004
16 Jan
'04
10:28 p.m.
Deorbit a functioning telescope at least 4 years before its replacement is launched. I guess I don't understand the reasoning. But then they do have to come up with 11 billion dollars somewhere to pay for the return to the Moon and on to Mars. Patrick William Biesele wrote:
http://www.nasawatch.com/misc/01.16.04.hst.html http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/hubble.telescope.ap/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Hubble Space Telescope will be allowed to degrade and eventually become useless, as NASA changes focus to President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond, officials said Friday.
Above says it all. No mission to Hubble before the space shuttle is retired.
Sadly
Bill B..