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• Must Hubble be saved? - Raoul - 11/27/2005 11:51:46 AM
  • re: To control it's deorbit we would still need to visit Hubble. - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2005 10:30:49 AM
    • re: Choices - Raoul - 11/28/2005 7:18:53 PM
      • They can only control the orientation if the gyros hold out - Larry J - 11/28/2005 9:11:44 PM
        • re: Skylab also had gyro problems - Raoul - 11/28/2005 10:31:35 PM
        • re: They can only control the orientation if the gyros hold out - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2005 9:48:32 PM
          • re: They can only control the orientation if the gyros hold out - Larry J - 11/28/2005 10:31:00 PM
            • re: They can only control the orientation if the gyros hold out - Chris Vancil - 11/29/2005 7:30:56 AM
          • get real... - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/28/2005 10:26:38 PM
            • re: get real... - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2005 10:46:28 PM
              • You have too much faith in government. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/28/2005 11:05:49 PM
                • re: And you have too little faith in people/government. - Chris Vancil - 11/29/2005 8:15:10 AM
                  • re: And you have too little faith in people/government. - Scott Evil - 11/30/2005 5:37:48 PM
                  • That's one of the reasons why economics is called the dismal science - Larry J - 11/29/2005 3:02:52 PM
                    • re: This is now off topic. - Chris Vancil - 11/29/2005 8:52:34 PM
  • Another idea - Buck Galaxy - 11/28/2005 9:22:18 AM
    • re: Another idea - Larry J - 11/28/2005 5:19:28 PM
  • Here's an idea - Buck Galaxy - 11/28/2005 5:55:49 AM
    • Could it be used for NEO detection? (n/t) - Sam F. - 11/28/2005 9:13:09 AM
      • re: You need a much larger field of view - Raoul - 11/28/2005 6:05:39 PM
        • re: One-tenth the diameter of the Moon... - SteveS - 11/28/2005 6:26:43 PM
          • re: MegaCam - Raoul - 11/28/2005 7:10:32 PM
    • re: Capacity - Raoul - 11/28/2005 6:42:26 AM
      • re: Capacity - Buck Galaxy - 11/28/2005 9:12:48 AM
  • re: What a bizarre notion... - BRFelix - 11/28/2005 5:16:31 AM
    • re: Old telescopes, new ones and scientists who wonder where to work - Raoul - 11/28/2005 7:38:59 PM
    • If we had unlimited resources then by all means we should maintain the Hubble - Larry J - 11/28/2005 2:22:18 PM
      • re: If we had unlimited resources then by all means we should maintain the Hubble - Sawyer - 11/28/2005 2:57:24 PM
        • if you don't periodically scrap things... - Scott Evil - 11/28/2005 4:39:09 PM
          • There's a reason why the Air Force no longer flies P-51s and F-86s - Larry J - 11/28/2005 4:57:52 PM
            • re: Is it really "either/or?" - BRFelix - 11/29/2005 12:39:57 AM
  • Hurts to say it... - R.L. - 11/28/2005 2:43:46 AM
  • re: Yes! - Vince - 11/27/2005 4:41:28 PM
    • re: I understand, but... - Raoul - 11/27/2005 5:24:54 PM
  • Wasn't Spitzer intended to replace the HST, in which case it is obsolete? - SDF - 11/27/2005 2:15:13 PM
    • Awefully gald they did not decomission the Hooker when the Hale was built. - alcaray - 11/28/2005 6:54:34 PM
      • What the heck does "Awefully gald" mean anyway? Is that Gaelic? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/28/2005 6:55:49 PM
    • No... - R.L. - 11/28/2005 3:05:35 AM
    • James Webb Telescope - SteveS - 11/27/2005 3:41:14 PM
      • re: The HST doesn't have a successor - Raoul - 11/27/2005 5:06:51 PM
        • Replacement was the question - SteveS - 11/28/2005 1:59:12 PM
          • re: Herschel - Raoul - 11/28/2005 5:29:03 PM
        • I think ground based telescopes will be the HST successor... - R.L. - 11/28/2005 3:07:20 AM
          • HST may be outdated in certain aspects, but... - LJK - 11/28/2005 4:05:54 PM
            • It is a question of economy - R.L. - 11/29/2005 9:27:01 AM
            • It is a question of economy - R.L. - 11/29/2005 9:26:10 AM
            • But it does hurt - Larry J - 11/28/2005 6:47:42 PM
              • Exactly correct. - Scott Evil (SEN News) - 11/28/2005 10:31:16 PM
                • Hubble carries on, despite gripes of its being "old school" - LJK - 12/1/2005 2:28:27 PM
                  • Plans for a HST service mission in 2007 or 2008 - LJK - 12/6/2005 8:26:39 PM