Bush and the Hubble

[SHRED]

What is the latest in regard to funding/repair of the Hubble telescope?

[Redstone]

1. I don't know. But it will be a national disgrace if they let it go.

Maybe you can check the NASA website?

Redstone

[rfkrfk]

2. the astronauts are the problem

the astronauts have convinced Bush that going into
space is unsafe

why take an unneeded risk

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. Please cite your evidence for this

You said that "the astronauts have convinced Bush that going into
space is unsafe".

What astronauts said this and when did they say it?

[rfkrfk]

4. the chief astronaut convinced Bush that...

spaceflight was unsafe except if they could use the
International Space Station as a lifeboat.

since Hubble is in a different orbit,
going to the Hubble is unsafe

[Warren DeMontague]

5. I'm all for manned exploration of space, but I'm not convinced

the shuttle is terribly safe, either.

But the Hubble is a scientific goldmine. We should be doing whatever it takes to save it. It's an embarrassment what we've allowed to happen to our once great peacetime space program, as we watch no-bid contractors haul reconstruction money out of Iraq in duffel bags.

[rfkrfk]

7. I'm not . manned spaceflight --> soap opera

consider a robotic mission to Mars,
to return samples of Mar's rocks to Earth

VETOED

think about it, why send a manned mission to Mars,
when the unmanned mission went there and found nothing.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. I'm in favor of both. In a world where exploration and learning were

prioritized properly, they wouldn't be mutually exclusive.

Maybe manned spaceflight is a 'soap opera', but IMHO, it's also our long-term destiny. Mankind must explore and the imperative of life is to spread itself outward. If we really were to find 'nothing' on Mars, then we go there to live there and (eventually) terraform it, that's my take.

[mb7588a]

6. The shuttle would have to be up and running first.

I'm not sure Hubble can last until the new vehicle is up.

I do believe there is a hubble replacement in the works. But I don't see any reason for not keeping it going. It's certainly not useless.