NASA urged to spend funds on Hubble fix (3)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-03-10 19:07 ID:t4ao7Zf3

http://www.space.com/news/hubble_mikulski_030510.html
"Many [] were shocked and angered when NASA announced in early February that it would not make any effort to service the telescope beyond attaching a propulsion module that can be used to drop Hubble into the ocean once it goes dark."

"“I expect NASA to carry out Congress’ intent and spend the entire amount appropriated this year so there will be no interruption in the planning, preparation and engineering work that will be necessary for a servicing mission to Hubble,” [the Senator] wrote [in her letter to NASA]. “The funding that I included in the Omnibus Appropriations Act is to ensure that the workforce at Goddard, the Space Telescope Science Institute and their associated contractors remain fully engaged in all aspects of a servicing mission. Any attempt to cancel, terminate or suspend servicing activity would be a violation of the law unless it has the approval of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.”"

^_^

2 Name: Unverified Source 2005-03-10 23:25 ID:uenrrHCk

I'm pleased about this, here's hoping we get to see many more pictures coming from hubble.

Best page to set as your homepage: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

3 Name: bubu!bUBu/A.ra6 2005-03-11 01:26 ID:Heaven

The page mentioned in >>2 and http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/gallery.html are truly valiant sources of "NO! BEST!".

>I'm pleased about this, here's hoping we get to see many more pictures coming from hubble

very yes.

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