Astronomers and senators have renewed calls for a repair mission to the aging Hubble Space Telescope, even though, according to the budget submitted by the administration, it would like to see the Hubble die in orbit
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Sen. Barbara Mikulinski, a Democrat from Maryland, home to the Space Telescope Science Institute and NASA's Goddard Center, says the space agency's refusal to work on preparing the mission to repair the Hubble is against the law. This is how the news agencies deliver.
In a letter to NASA's acting administrator, Fred Gregory, Mikulnisky mentioned that Congress had allocated $291 million for the 2005 budget year for the Hubble servicing mission. "You would expect NASA to continue with the intent of Congress and spend the entire amount this year for the training of the astronauts and the engineering preparations necessary to carry out the mission in Hubble." story.
The Bush administration opposes a manned service mission as previously carried out by shuttle astronauts. The outgoing administrator of NASA, Sean O'Keefe, claimed that he did not want to endanger the lives of the astronauts. The American Astronomical Union also added the signatures of senior astronomers to the letter calling for NASA's decision to be changed. "The Hubble Space Telescope has been the jewel in the crown of NASA's scientific program for over a decade," write the members of the association in a statement they issued. "The fact that the upgrade task has already been planned and the equipment has already been built, makes the decision difficult to grasp."
The main beneficiaries of the budget proposal were the shuttle program, the International Space Station and the plan to build a spacecraft to replace the shuttle. This is in accordance with President Bush's plan to return to the moon and send humans to Mars.
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