Another good reason to hang on to the Hubble
NewScientistSpace.com - NEWSFLASH
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Cost cuts likely to dim space telescope’s vision
The James Webb telescope, one of NASA's biggest science projects and
Hubble's successor, is $1 billion over-budget – now many involved
want to reduce its observing power.
The curtailed capability would result from polishing the telescope's
mirrors only once instead of twice - saving $150 million. But some
astronomers are concerned that the cuts could "jeopardise optical
space astronomy in the next decade".
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