From Space.com...

http://www.space.com/news/hubble_okeefe_040601.html

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Wow!! Thats very good to know. Hubble has a fighting chance now, and will likely continue to operate for at least several more years . Unfortunately, I very much doubt that this support will be permanant. I think though, that when it is decided to de-orbit Hubble, it should instead be put in a museum-or at least attach it to the ISS so there is always a possibility to do something with it later. Hubble deserves more than a heroic 10 mile dive into the sea.

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Yeah... it has a kind of grudging half-assed ring to it...

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"The stars are my home"
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark, near the Tanhauser Gate... all those moments will be lost, in time... like tears in the rain..."