Comments on: Hubble Repair Mission Will Launch in May '09

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

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By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:41:51 +0000

marcellus Says:
December 6th, 2008 at 9:09 am

"I'd love to see Hubble in the Smithsonian someday. I know that is not likely at all to happen, but just think of all the beautiful science it has given us."

My God yes. In the immortal words of Indiana Jones – "…it belongs in a museum!"

That is, of course, after it's finished with science, which it won't be for some time to come I reckon.

By: marcellus

marcellus — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:09:06 +0000

I'd love to see Hubble in the Smithsonian someday. I know that is not likely at all to happen, but just think of all the beautiful science it has given us.

Go fix it, boys and girls, Make it good for another ten years.

By: KG6YRA

KG6YRA — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:41:02 +0000

"If we only had a space tether on the Moon"

A space tether to the moon wouldn't be paramount to extending civilization to our closest neighbor.

It could be built with "currently manufactured materials, " but it would require hundreds of launches (Perhaps more) of the planned Aries V to accomplish that.

Rocket powered lander will suffice to carry Hubble to a Lunar museum.

Who knows, the Hubble space telescope may go out like a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh, and it's gone… and they won't be able to forget Hubble- ever.”

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:38:11 +0000

If we only had a space tether on the Moon — and technology here can do that now — we could tow Hubble to the Moon and take it down to the lunar surface safely, then put it into a shelter, maybe an underground habitat, as part of a museum where future generations can go to see and even touch the actual pioneering technology that made everything that came after possible. Hubble is a valiant, wonderful artifact that has done yeoman service to the world for a long, long time, and deserves something better than being vaporized in Earth's atmosphere or making an unfortunate impact on Earth's surface. :-/

By: giovanni abatematteo

giovanni abatematteo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:23:05 +0000

it must be fixed or it will degrade and tumble back to earth uncontrolled ,remember skylab? next time we may be not so lucky

By: Paul Eaton-Jones

Paul Eaton-Jones — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:48:25 +0000

Michel: Yes, Hubble is most definitely worth fixing.

By: Michel

Michel — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:58:19 +0000

Is fixing Hubble worth it?

By: RetardedFishFrog

RetardedFishFrog — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:35:59 +0000

Not many more chances to see a shuttle launch. I was in Florida last year for a launch, but it got delayed.

The ISS zips through the night sky with a magnitude as bright as -2.4. I wonder how much brighter it will be after the final solar array is installed. It already outshines Jupiter.