Hubble Telescope to be Abandoned

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-01-26 01:38am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3406079.stm

It is a sad day for science, my friends.

KrauserKrauser · Post by **KrauserKrauser** » 2004-01-26 11:03am

It is a bit old isn't it?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-01-26 11:17am

Eh, it's outlived it's design lifespan. Anyways, maybe this will clear up funds for the possible moon mission. Plus, if we established a base on the moon, then that would give us the opportunity to put an array of specialized telescopes on the moon, instead of a single jack-of-all-trades in LEO.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2004-01-26 12:44pm

Thread on this in SLAM.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-27 12:15am

I think in the long term there should be two space agencies. One for astronomy related things like hubble, the other for spacecraft related things like NASA. That should prevent priority crisises like this.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-27 12:29am

evilcat4000 wrote:I think in the long term there should be two space agencies. One for astronomy related things like hubble, the other for spacecraft related things like NASA. That should prevent priority crisises like this.

No it wouldn't. The responsibility would still fall to the spacecraft agency to maintain Hubble, and the combination of factors that lead to this decision would still be there.

KrauserKrauser · Post by **KrauserKrauser** » 2004-01-27 02:19am

Nathan F wrote:Eh, it's outlived it's design lifespan. Anyways, maybe this will clear up funds for the possible moon mission. Plus, if we established a base on the moon, then that would give us the opportunity to put an array of specialized telescopes on the moon, instead of a single jack-of-all-trades in LEO.

Would the gravity present on the moon have any effect on the optics or capabilities of any moon based scopes?

If not then the moon would provide a superb location for an observatory.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-27 07:32am

KrauserKrauser wrote:
Nathan F wrote:Eh, it's outlived it's design lifespan. Anyways, maybe this will clear up funds for the possible moon mission. Plus, if we established a base on the moon, then that would give us the opportunity to put an array of specialized telescopes on the moon, instead of a single jack-of-all-trades in LEO.
Would the gravity present on the moon have any effect on the optics or capabilities of any moon based scopes?

If not then the moon would provide a superb location for an observatory.

The moons gravity is too insignificant to bend light.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-01-30 12:29pm

Update: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ble_plea_5