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Originally Posted by BigJim
But now since the Bush administration announced (is going to announce) a cut to the Hubble servicing mission, whatever it may be, I'm beginning to wonder whether it really did just throw out the space vision as a political stunt. If that's what's happening to Hubble, then I no longer have any confidence that New Horizons will be launched, or that JIMO will get off the ground.
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As others already pointed out, cutting Hubble
is entirely consistent with Bush space vision. It is NOT about science, but about human expansion into solar system. For that matter, manned spaceflight was NEVER about science. First it was about beating the Soviets to the Moon, and after 1972 it was about... circular self-justification. At least Bush is breaking that circle.