[extropy-chat] ASTRO: Hubble fate sealed

[Amara Graps]

Robert Bradbury:
>Well, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. NASA seems
>to have sealed the fate of the Hubble...

very bad day (and the next months, years) for astronomy.

I think that if you are not a Mars or a Moon specialist, it is not a
good time to be an astronomer.  Unfortunately, ESA looks to be following
NASA in this respect.

However, at least, ESA has confirmed the launch of Rosetta for next
month. Let's hope that they (and NASA) don't turn Cassini off.


Amara

P.S. Today, I celebrate one year living and working in Italia.
(celebrating that I made the largest mistake of my life, and
I didn't run. Peanut butter cookies for my coworkers!)

-- 

Amara Graps, PhD
Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI)
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF),
Adjunct Assistant Professor Astronomy, AUR,
Roma, ITALIA     Amara.Graps at ifsi.rm.cnr.it