Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Jan 30, 2004 11:59:50 GMT -5
Yes! I am truly encouraged by this. We need to tell Bush and Halliburton as well that the American people shouldn't have to foot the bill for their spacial exploits in the name of greed. They disrupt the true spirit of this planet with their arrogance. KEEP HUBBLE! 
Jan
NASA to Review Decision on Fate of Hubble
Space Agency Bombarded by Pleas to Save Orbiting Telescope
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, AP
Without service, the orbiting telescope is expected to stop working several years before its scheduled 2010 retirement.
BALTIMORE (Jan. 30) - The clamor over a plan to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope - and along with it, the most striking images of the universe the world has ever seen - has been so loud that NASA's chief says the decision will be reviewed.
The pleas included letters from Sen. Barbara Mikulski and a joint letter from all members of Congress from Maryland, where the orbiting platform's operations are based.
Hubble's fate has also become a cause for amateur and professional astronomers worldwide, and e-mails have poured in to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which coordinates the use of Hubble's instruments.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said in a letter to Mikulski that Adm. Hal Gehman, chairman of the board that investigated the Columbia shuttle breakup last year, will ''review the (Hubble) matter and offer his unique perspective.'' Mikulski released a copy of the letter Thursday.
O'Keefe had defended his decision earlier this month to cancel all space shuttle missions to the Hubble, which has revolutionized the study of astronomy with its striking images of the universe. He had cited the risk to the astronauts on a Hubble mission and President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond as the reason for NASA's change of focus.
The reaction from the Hubble's fans was immediate and massive.
''It's been overwhelming. My e-mail is overflowing,'' said Steve Beckwith, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Jan
NASA to Review Decision on Fate of Hubble
Space Agency Bombarded by Pleas to Save Orbiting Telescope
By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, AP
Without service, the orbiting telescope is expected to stop working several years before its scheduled 2010 retirement.
BALTIMORE (Jan. 30) - The clamor over a plan to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope - and along with it, the most striking images of the universe the world has ever seen - has been so loud that NASA's chief says the decision will be reviewed.
The pleas included letters from Sen. Barbara Mikulski and a joint letter from all members of Congress from Maryland, where the orbiting platform's operations are based.
Hubble's fate has also become a cause for amateur and professional astronomers worldwide, and e-mails have poured in to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which coordinates the use of Hubble's instruments.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said in a letter to Mikulski that Adm. Hal Gehman, chairman of the board that investigated the Columbia shuttle breakup last year, will ''review the (Hubble) matter and offer his unique perspective.'' Mikulski released a copy of the letter Thursday.
O'Keefe had defended his decision earlier this month to cancel all space shuttle missions to the Hubble, which has revolutionized the study of astronomy with its striking images of the universe. He had cited the risk to the astronauts on a Hubble mission and President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond as the reason for NASA's change of focus.
The reaction from the Hubble's fans was immediate and massive.
''It's been overwhelming. My e-mail is overflowing,'' said Steve Beckwith, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
