16-January-2004, 10:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: People's Republic Of Cork, Ireland
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Hubble servicing missions cancelled
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe told engineers and scientists today that he has decided to cancel a planned shuttle mission in 2006 to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the most scientifically productive spacecraft ever launched.
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/16hubblesm4/
Although I can understand the motivation...
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