9 Feb
2004
9 Feb
'04
10:30 p.m.
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:38:09 -0800 (PST), Chuck Hards wrote:
You're right of course, contractual obligations must be met. But remember that we're astronomy enthusiasts & educators; ISS has virtually nothing to do with astronomy and Hubble has pracitcally defined it since it's first repair mission.
It's hard to let a good thing go.
Isn't the Hubble nearing the end of its usefulness anyway? I thought I heard that in the very near future it would only be used as a spotting scope for finding interesting targets for the Paranal array. Maybe that was an exageration though, I can't remember where I heard that. Would the servicing mission have added any extra usefulness to the Hubble, or was it meant to be just a maintenance mission? Rich Allen