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   > > of the safety pussies!  I'm not one of you star gazing nuts :-)  but I do   
   > > realize the Hubble is the MOST important piece of equipment that the   
   > Shuttle   
   > > has put into space today.  To not service it due to safety concerns is   
   > > really sad.   
   >   
   > So how many lives is Hubble worth?   
      
   Ehh, it's not like a Shuttle flight is a death sentence.  There's a 99% chance   
   of coming back alive.   
      
   But hey, if you're squeamish, launch all the service hardware on an unmanned   
   Shuttle and send up the service crew later in a couple of Soyuzes.  After, send   
   the Shuttle on a destructive re-entry.   
      
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