A GOOD LOOK AT WHY WE CAN'T RUN UP AND REPAIR THE HUBBLE AT THIS TIME - AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IN THE FUTURE. - LRK -

MSNBC - Hubble debatea lot of sound and fury:

COMMENTARY
By James Oberg
NBC News space analyst
Special to MSNBC
Updated: 9:49 p.m. ET March 22, 2004

"HOUSTON - The premature termination of the Hubble telescope's mission is dismaying, even heart-breaking. But even more appalling has been the aftermath of the decision. While NASA made ghastly blunders in announcing and explaining the decision to cancel a needed repair mission, the public furor that has ensued is based on fundamental misunderstandings and misconception mixed with posturing and politics."
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