Who killed Hubble?

The loss of Hubble is a loss in humanity's knowledge acquisition
department. It's a set back.. a step closer to Dark Age II.. and I
can hear some of the third faith-basers applauding its demise.

I we are, however, moving foreward (as the rumor goes), I would not
be surprised to see telescopes built far more capable than the
Hubble. No doubt.

Meanwhile, we wait with a section of our astronomical library
sitting next to our freeze-pops.

So what else is knew?

Chandra is in L1 and therefore pretty much safe from, at least,
orbit deterioration, right?

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "ANTIcarrot"
wrote:
> > From: cygonaut [mailto:george@c...]
>
> > Who killed Hubble?
>
> One wonders why the same small 'robot craft' cannot move hubble
near the ISS, where astronauts living there could fix it. Sure the
hubble is a little old, but it's still useful and if it's life can
be extended another five or ten years by a ton or so of payload I'd
say that's worth it.
>
> Maybe they could replace the cameras with something a little less
sensative and sell it to news services? The ultimate eye in the sky?
^.^ But of course nasa could never do anything so sensable...
>
> As I feared, reinventing the wheel every five miutes and atomic
rockets all the way. :(