Sunday, January 23, 2005
Hubble Telescope May Die Soon
The New York Times > Science > Space & Cosmos > Money to Fix Space Telescope May Be Cut by White House:
"January 23, 2005
By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - A much-anticipated service mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope could be jeopardized by a White House plan to eliminate funding for it from NASA's 2006 budget request, government officials said.
Officials in the Bush administration and in Congress, who asked not to be identified because the budget has not been officially sent to Congress, said NASA was one of the few agencies that would get a proposed budget increase next year. However, a mission to service Hubble, estimated to exceed $1 billion, will not be part of that package, they said.
The aging observatory, considered one of NASA's greatest achievements, could die in orbit by 2007 or 2008 if deteriorating batteries and gyroscopes that aim it are not replaced, experts have concluded. Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has been serviced four times by space shuttle astronauts who replaced worn parts and added new instruments.".....
Want to DO SOMETHING? go here for options : http://www.aas.org/policy/HubbleServicingCancellation.html
"January 23, 2005
By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - A much-anticipated service mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope could be jeopardized by a White House plan to eliminate funding for it from NASA's 2006 budget request, government officials said.
Officials in the Bush administration and in Congress, who asked not to be identified because the budget has not been officially sent to Congress, said NASA was one of the few agencies that would get a proposed budget increase next year. However, a mission to service Hubble, estimated to exceed $1 billion, will not be part of that package, they said.
The aging observatory, considered one of NASA's greatest achievements, could die in orbit by 2007 or 2008 if deteriorating batteries and gyroscopes that aim it are not replaced, experts have concluded. Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has been serviced four times by space shuttle astronauts who replaced worn parts and added new instruments.".....
Want to DO SOMETHING? go here for options : http://www.aas.org/policy/HubbleServicingCancellation.html
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