February 8, 2005

The End of Hubble

The budget is in, officially now, and Hubble servicing is not part of it.

I suppose something could still happen to save it, but after a year of congressional heavyweights and independent review panels arguing for Hubble to be saved, we've still reached this point. I'm no longer optimistic, and more than a little sad. The proposal I put in last month may well be my last chance to do a new Hubble project. We're going to lose some wonderful, unique capabilities.

I'll miss the Hubble Space Telescope.

Posted by Mike at February 8, 2005 1:04 AM