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**Jason** · Oct 31, 2006, 01:44 pm

Astronauts to visit Hubble for service call - CNN.com

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The shuttle Discovery will pay the Hubble Space Telescope a final servicing call in 2008, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday.

The new plan reverses a decision made by former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe in the wake of the Columbia disaster that such a mission would be too risky to attempt…

n January 2004, O'Keefe canceled a scheduled Hubble servicing mission because the shuttle would not be going to the station, and a "safe haven" would not be an option.

The Architect · Oct 31, 2006, 06:34 pm

Its almost like a landmark of our society but you can see it, most people dont even know what the hubble looks like.

Milton Bradley · Nov 1, 2006, 11:52 am

With all that Hubble has contributed to our understanding of our surroundings, it would have been trajic not to have made this mission happen in my opinion.

Nono · Nov 7, 2006, 09:06 am

Yes. Hubble got off to a rockily myopic start, but it's been literally a dream come true for formerly-earthbound astronomers.

Close a few Loopholes for the Comfy and the thing will be paid for 10 times over.

daac87 · Nov 13, 2006, 11:23 am

wow thankfully nothing happened to the huble...the satelite has given us such a great knolwedge and such 0a much better understanding of our earth. i belive that the saftiness of the huble is very important to all of us.

Nov 7, 2006, 09:06 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,152	Yes. Hubble got off to a rockily myopic start, but it's been literally a dream come true for formerly-earthbound astronomers. Close a few Loopholes for the Comfy and the thing will be paid for 10 times over. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Oct 31, 2006, 06:34 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
The Architect Agnostic, Cynic Location: New York Posts: 285	Its almost like a landmark of our society but you can see it, most people dont even know what the hubble looks like.

Nov 1, 2006, 11:52 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
Milton Bradley BANNED Location: Ohio Province, Rep. of Comerica Posts: 7,320	With all that Hubble has contributed to our understanding of our surroundings, it would have been trajic not to have made this mission happen in my opinion.

Nov 13, 2006, 11:23 am	#5 (permalink) (top)
daac87 Sedimentary Rock Posts: 4	wow thankfully nothing happened to the huble...the satelite has given us such a great knolwedge and such 0a much better understanding of our earth. i belive that the saftiness of the huble is very important to all of us.