Congress Frets Over Saving Hubble Project
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Saving the Hubble Space telescope may be too expensive and dangerous, lawmakers said Wednesday after hearing from scientists who are split on the best way to repair or retire the cosmic camera.
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Colorado astronomers hailed a National Academy of Sciences report Wednesday that urges NASA to send shuttle astronauts - not a robot - to save the aging Hubble Space Telescope.
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The aging Hubble Space Telescope --  a path-breaking scientific instrument whose eye-catching images  have won fans around the world -- would die in orbit under the  2006 budget for NASA proposed on Monday.
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NASA is becoming increasingly optimistic that the failing Hubble Space Telescope can be revived and rejuvenated at the hands of a robot rescuer.
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The space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job  without posing unacceptable risks to the astronauts, NASA's leadership was told Wednesday.-The Washington Post
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) with a robot would cost $2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace
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A panel said that NASA should send astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope rather than rely on a robotic device.
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A report from National Academy of  Sciences released today recommends that NASA scrap plans to service the Hubble  Space Telescope (HST) robotically and instead use a space shuttle to get the job  done as originally planned.
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When Congress passed the $388 billion spending bill last weekend, it allotted $16.2 billion for NASA, including nearly full funding of projects related to the president&#39;s Vision for Space Exploration.
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Two climate scientists and a former Republican governor warned the House Science and Technology Committee Feb. 13 that the U.S. Earth-observing satellite system is in danger of collapse without a substantial and immediate reinvestment.
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The ground-breaking Hubble Space Telescope faces the axe under Nasa's 2006 budget plans.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - NASA&#39;s departing chief says he stands by his decision to cancel a shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA should use astronauts, not a robot, to carry out a crucial life-prolonging mission to the acclaimed Hubble Space Telescope one last time, a National Academy of Sciences panel concluded Wednesday.
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The public may yet learn what thousands of pilots told NASA about air safety. Congress moved Monday to analyze data from a project that the space agency cast aside and then withheld results in fear they could alarm the public and hurt airline profits.
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The nation&#39;s most prominent science advisers Wednesday urged NASA to send shuttle astronauts instead of robots on a repair mission to the aging Hubble telescope because humans have a substantially greater chance of fixing it.
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Legislation to regulate the infant space tourism industry &#151; invigorated by the successful flights of a privately financed manned rocket &#151; has been stalled by disagreements over how much protection to offer potential space travelers.
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Description: NASA is considering an unprecedented robotic mission to save the Hubble Space telescope. But a final report from the National Academy of Sciences says the robotic mission probably won&#39;t be ready on time to save the telescope.