BALTIMORE - The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope are being bombarded by suggestions from the public on how to save the craft — which NASA has decided not to service anymore — and say they are considering all offers.
...They are enormously concerned, they are perplexed, they are angry," [Bruce Margon, associate director for science at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates Hubble for NASA] said. "They ask 'What percentage of the NASA budget is this?' And we tell them it's about 1 percent."
...The suggestions started arriving after NASA said last week it won't send the space shuttle in 2006 to service the Hubble, a mission considered essential to enable the orbiting telescope to continue operating. The Hubble has revolutionized the study of astronomy with its striking images of the universe.
Instead, NASA will focus on President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon and Mars. Virtually all remaining missions of the shuttle, which also is being phased out, will be used to complete construction of the International Space Station
...The Baltimore-based institute will set up a Web site to take suggestions from the public, [Margon] said. Yahoo News article
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
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