NEWS ALERT: NASA TO SEND A MISSION TO HUBBLE

Just received from the New Scientist e-mail alert service.

"New Scientist Space – NEWS ALERT

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NASA to save Hubble, to astronomers’ delight

The space agency's most famous observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, will get a much anticipated life extension after all. NASA boss Michael Griffin has just announced that a space shuttle will be sent to upgrade the venerable queen of the heavens. It should add another five years of ground-breaking science to the telescope's impressive body of work.

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This is excellent news!

Hope it's soon!

Bart.

I always felt it would be hard to let go of Hubble!

Just read the same on Space.com, they're going to try for early May 2008.

www.space.com/news/061031_hubble_wrap.html

Just read the same on Space.com, they're going to try for early May 2008.

www.space.com/news/061031_hubble_wrap.html

Hmmm ... that's a long way off ... will Hubble last that long?