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Wayne, there has been a long discussion about the 2010 repair mission.
I have never heard a discussion about not doing the 2006 repair mission
up until last week (though it is very possible that such a discussion
would be happening without my knowing, of course!).  And according to
the current administration's line, mothballing the Hubble is not about
economics, but about safety.  Also, there is no other visible light
telescope planned until I don't know when.  There will be an IR
telescope going up in 2011, from what I have read.

Eric Siegel

On Jan 18, 2004, at 12:30 PM, WAYNE LABAR wrote:

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> Although I have not read the NY Times article on the Hubble, I do know
> (from NPR reports and articles) prior to any discussion of Mars, that
> there has been a very serious scientific debate and discussion about
> when to let Hubble go so that money can be spent on other astronomical
> tools (i.e other telescopes in space and on earth). Although there may
> be some impact from the Moon - Mars intiative I believe that this look
> at mothballing the Hubble is due to other scientific and technological
> advances/issues.
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> Wayne
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