Who killed Hubble?

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Who killed Hubble?

# 4800 bygeorge@... on Jan. 18, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

Looks like Chandra's still going strong.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/chronological.html

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "George Perkins"
>
> 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?