Posted on 04/01/2005 5:12:21 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
I agree with you..
Wrong. Name just one. Hell, if it makes the Hubble-lovers feel better, call one of the new ones Hubble II or Son of Hubble.
I dont care if Hubble is renamed "Barbie" just so long as we don't lose the science.
Then ask them to shut up and help us get to Mars.
The Moon is a far more realistic goal. Much closer and we can do real science there. Let the robots survey Mars.
I was thinking the same thing, sell it to someone, I had thought of Rutan et al, or even to the Russians. I am not an expert on orbital mechanics, and I know its more complicated than it sounds, but how about just sending a little booser to boost it into a slightly higher orbit for the time being, then put the thing into sleep mode or something. NASA doesn't even have to do it, let someone else handle it.
A tumbling Hubble does no one any good. Also there are upgraded science packages waiting to go.
Oh, really?
There there should be no problem, right?
Or another way of looking at it, the Hubble won't even come close to doing what the JWST will be capable of.
Yes, if we only can get NASA to not be so timid and fly the new upgrades to Hubble.
Two completely different bands. They complement each other, not compete.
How are you doing my friend?
Clinton had no vision. He used NASA as a foreign policy department.
Scientists were happy with that because most of them are LIBERALS and because it's so nice to have your grants safely funded.
NASA's not timid, they just have better things to do with the resourses available to them.
Think back to who killed the SSC. Another serious (actually HUGE) loss to science.
He hasn't.
Like? (And don't push some pie-in-the-sky manned Mars BS). We can't even get back to the moon.
The Moon is a goal??? Errr, we went there 30 years ago. Some itsy bitsy, uninspiring goals you've got there.
You want me to name the newer, better space telescopes. OK.
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. That should be enough for the star watchers to play with. On to Mars!!!!!!
Yuppers.
I bet the Russians could do something, I mean, the HST orbit is still considered LEO. Just because the shuttle is restricted, doesn't mean the Russians can't do something..
The Moon it is and we're going back.
Clinton killed Clementine II with his line-item veto because it was tied to the Defense Department.
A lot of Mars scientists didn't like the Clem I ice discovery on the Moon. Hell, it made it more interesting and useful. In other words, it got in their way.
Lunar base observatories, radio telescopes, optical telescopes, resources. etc. Not tiny goals at all.
You want me to name the newer, better space telescopes. OK. Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. That should be enough for the star watchers to play with. On to Mars!!!!!!
Flapdoodle. None do what Hubble does. Why deny an entire two space born bands? What a loss. Sigh.
ROFL!!! Yeah, like collecting paychecks for not doing any work!
When all is said and done, it'd cost at least a billion dollars to service the Hubble, which does make it a resource issue. Now, as to whether NASA would spend it on something more useful....
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