NASA to Review Decision on Fate of Hubble

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BALTIMORE - The clamor over a plan to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) — and along with it, the most striking images of the universe the world has ever seen — has been so loud that NASA (news - web sites)'s chief says the decision will be reviewed.

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Hubble's fate has also become a cause for amateur and professional astronomers worldwide, and e-mails have poured in to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which coordinates the use of Hubble's instruments.

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"Every day, we've had offers of ideas, political support and even money. Every day, I get people who want to know how they can contribute to keeping Hubble alive."

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Without the servicing mission, which had been planned for 2006, the orbiting telescope is expected to stop working several years before its scheduled 2010 retirement.

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