----- Original Message ----- 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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