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The question no one is asking is why was it safe to launch 6 Mercury missions, 10 Gemini missions, 12 Apollo missions, and untold Shuttle missions (including all of the HST missions) before February of last year? Suddenly, because of an accident, it's no longer safe to service HST? Huh?

Space travel is a risky business. I know that's easy to say since I'm on the ground, but I don't think any of the astronauts would disagree. I don't want people to needlessly die, but there's risk in everything. Personally, I'd rather risk a trip to keep HST alive than risk a trip for yet another crew rotation on ISS. Maybe that's just me.

The Webb Telescope will replace the Hubble.

September 10,2002

"NASA ANNOUNCES CONTRACT FOR NEXT-GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE NAMED AFTER SPACE PIONEER "

Right on, Mike!

Good thing there's a "space station" up there or we wouldn't be able to launch any shuttle at all for any reason!

SOMEBODY at NASA has got to grow up! Space travel IS dangerous. So was crossing the Atlantic in 1607, so was opening up the American West. Oh, and will there be a space station on the way to the moon or Mars in the future?

Crazy!