NASA weighs attempt to save Hubble

Public outcry leads space agency to reconsider rescue mission, but costs, risk are high.

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[DaClyde]

Imagine....GoogleSpace!

Google or Microsoft should buy the Hubble from NASA, pay for the servicing mission and some serious upgrades, then shove it into a higher orbit and start mapping the universe. Who wouldn't want to be able to download GoogleSpace to their computer and pan around the sky zooming in on planets and familiar constellations?

[Mike McLaren]

Hubble, Hubble, Toil and Trouble

Save the Hubble.