"Let's Go Save The Hubble" 

At a meeding at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe gave a mandate to put together a plan for a robotic servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. For those still under the misguided impression that the agency is pursuing the robotic option rather than a Shuttle flight in an attempt to save money because of the Vision for Space Exploration, please note that the price tag for the mission will be at least, and possibly well over, $1 billion. (Which means, of course, that the decision of whether or not to save Hubble will ultimately rest with Congress, which will have to make the funding decision. Several in the legislature were strong advocates for servicing the telescope, and we shall see just how strong their support truly is.)

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