[KevinDavis]

Seeing the pictures from the Hubble is proof enough for me that we are not alone in this universe.

The Hubble did its job and it is time to let go. If people really cared about the Hubble, then they should form a company that will charge people people to use the Hubble, contract a company to maintain the Hubble.

[TXBSAFH]

Hubble has served us well. But it is time to let it go. However I do think that building and launching a new improved Hubble should be a top priority of NASA.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Seeing the pictures from the Hubble is proof enough for me that we are not alone in this universe.

Interesting statment. Although the universe is large, there is nothing whatsoever that can with any degree of certainty argue that there is anything intelligent at all out there.

[AntiGuv]

It's painful for me to let the Hubble go, and I'm just a dazzled bystander. That being said, it's amazing to think that Hubble was designed in the 1970s; all this glorious capability is nonetheless 30 years behind what we could do now. So, it's time to put up a new orbiting observatory IMO and let Hubble go, but I don't think it should be before we have a Next Generation visible spectrum telescope up there. There's so much universe to see and so little time to see it!

PS. There's a 1 in 700 chance Hubble will kill someone at reentry..

[RadioAstronomer]

The Hubble did its job and it is time to let go.

Correction. Hubble is doing its job and there are amny more years and upgrades left in her. Nothing can replace Hubble at the moment.

If people really cared about the Hubble, then they should form a company that will charge people people to use the Hubble, contract a company to maintain the Hubble.

It takes a Shuttle to service it. Also, Hubble is about pushing the frontiers of science.