[Capitalism2003]

I'm wondering...hubble has been out there for so many years...with all of the technological advances we've had since its creation, why not build a bigger, better, super duper hubble to the 3rd power?

[petuniasevan]

They're working on it.

See James Webb Space Telescope.

And the SIRTF Space InfraRed Telescope Facility, an instrument for detecting extrasolar planets, is due to launch in less than a week.