Maybe hype is good if it is followed by something (a voyage of exploration, for instance) that's relevant to the hype.
Since the end of the Apollo program, we've seen countless projects, ideas either on the Moon, in LEO or on Mars, that never left the drawing boards and their publications.
That was frustrating and after a while, well, we loose our illusions and don't believe in any further "hype"...But it does work, as long as the project becomes real.
But there is also the difference with reality: for instance, safety issues were overlooked in the Shuttle and ISS designs: no way to escape from a Shuttle immediately after launch or no way to return back 7 astronauts from ISS without a Shuttle.
BTW, I'm wondering if this telescope isn't also hyped somehow...I'd love to own one like that! (Brrr, quite expensive)
Raoul
Space/Science » in reply to Geez!!
Re: all those years.....