Fw: NASA cancels final Hubble telescope servicing mission

From: Bruce MacDonald (bgmacdonald@tesco.net)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 16:15:45 EST

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    From: "Bruce MacDonald" <bgmacdonald@tesco.net>
    To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:52 AM
    Subject: Re: NASA cancels final Hubble telescope servicing mission
    
    
    > What a sad day.  I for one will be sorry to see Hubble go.  When President
    > Bush made his speech I had a feeling that some really important projects
    > were going to be axed.  This is only the first.
    >
    >
    > Bruce MacDonald
    > Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
    > 51.344042 N  1.984947 W 125m (WGS84)
    >
    >
    > > Hevin, I think it was clear from the background to earlier discussions
    > surrounding
    > > the transition to the JWST that HST has to be removed from orbit in a
    > controlled
    > > manner because of the possibility of parts surviving re-entry. Bow this
    > has
    > > to involve attaching a rocket to it to lower the perigee. I guess the
    > target
    > > zone would be the same area as the Compton was dumped in, the ocean
    > between
    > > Hawaii and California.
    > > Tony Beresford
    >
    
    
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