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To: anniegetyourgun
I swear, NASA is gonna get people killed on this mission.

I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS.

14 posted on 05/12/2009 12:07:56 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81; Revolting cat!
I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS.

Webb Hubble has two telescopes named after him?

I do hope that the crew is safe on their journey and mission.

I also question NASA's naming conventions (I hear they named something on the space station after Stephen Collbert).

30 posted on 05/12/2009 12:14:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (If Liberals are so upset over torture, why did they mock John McCains stiff arms during the campaign)
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To: buccaneer81
I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS.

The Webb Telescope is scheduled to launch in 2014. The Hubble needed servicing to make it until then, plus they are enhancing it to make it better. Perhaps it will last past the launch of the Webb and will still be useful, since the Hubble and Webb are designed for different missions.

76 posted on 05/12/2009 1:07:23 PM PDT by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: buccaneer81
I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS.

Will the next telescope after that be named "Chelsea" in honor of his daughter?

77 posted on 05/12/2009 1:09:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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