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Originally posted by Superbelt
More because I care.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3387919.stm
To be fair, they were planning on decomissioning Hubble after the next gyro servicing. But it was to replace it with better telescopes.
http://www.spacetelescopes.com/
Course, that won't be happening now under Bush's mandate. A shame progress has to be stunted like this. Hubble is NASA's greatest achievement behind the moon landing and one of the greatest scientific instruments ever built.
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Dunno.
A telescope on the moon is every astronomer's dream.
It WILL happen, but ONLY if we get back to the moon and establish a base there.
I really don't see this as a set back.