XPost: sci.space.history, sci.space.shuttle   
   From: bpalmer201@optonline.net   
      
   Craig Fink wrote:   
      
   > .. belongs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, not spread across the   
   > earth as a debris field.   
      
   Please.  Get over it.  I saw it launched and am very cognizant of the   
   tremendous   
   achievments it has racked up.  It has fulfilled its mission admirably, no   
   matter   
   what eventually happens to it.  You talk as if not recovering it would diminish   
   its accomplishments.  One man's disgrace is another's way of going out in a   
   blaze of glory.   
      
   Was the fate of Mir or Skylab a "disgrace"?  I don't think so.   
      
   If the money that would be saved could in any way speed up the eventual   
   deployment of the Webb ST then I say, "Hubble ST, thanks for everything.   
   Sayonara."  In fact, I'll say that even if the money saved isn't directly   
   poured   
   into the WST.   
      
   The legacy of Hubble is secure regardless of whether it's corpse is on display   
   or not for public gawking.   
      
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   bp   
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