The President's Space Initiative Speech

Jay Masino opined

Circuit Breaker wrote:
But if he's for science and information, then why did he agree to killing
off the Hubble project? It still has tons of science and research it will
be capable of, and is still perfectly useful from what I've read.

FYI. The Hubble is being phased out for two reasons. One is that there's
a "next generation" space telescope presently in development. The second
is directly related to the scaling back of shuttle flights (until a next
generation shuttle can be built). Hubble's fine right now, and will
continue to send back usefull science data, but needs periodic maintenance
to keep it working. Canceling the shuttle servicing missions effectively
phases out the Hubble.

The new Webb telescope is not going to be a true Hubble replacement. THe
Hubble sees from Infrared to Ultraviolet. For a number of reasons, Webb goes
from long IR to red. ANd even with its greater size it will have lower
resolution than Hubble.

Hubble needs to be saved!

-ash
Cthulhu for President!
Why vote for a lesser evil?