NASA&#39;s Departing Chief Defends Hubble Decision
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NASA&#39;s departing chief, Sean O&#39;Keefe, on Friday defended his decision to pursue a robotic repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, days after a panel of scientists said a shuttle mission would be better.
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The head of the US space agency, NASA, has resigned after a tumultuous three years in office that included the loss of a space shuttle and its seven astronauts.
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Sean O&#39;Keefe resigned as NASA administrator on Monday, saying he is leaving the position he has held for three years to pursue better economic opportunity for his family.
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe's resignation letter to President Bush:
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Washington, Dec 14. (PTI):NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe has resigned, spending three turbulent years at the helm of the US space agency which saw the crash of Columbia space shuttle, a painful probe into the disaster and severe austerity measures.
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WASHINGTON: An expert panel on Wednesday recommended sending a manned shuttle mission to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, instead of the robotic mission NASA had envisioned.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA&#39;s departing boss, Sean O&#39;Keefe, says he does NOT regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope _ or anything else during his three years on the job.
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WASHINGTON -- The&nbsp;announcement Wednesday by&nbsp;the National Academy of  Sciences that NASA scrap its plan to robotically repair the Hubble Space  Telescope and instead plan a manned shuttle mission for the endeavor was met by  by&nbsp;congressional leaders&nbsp;with both support and  reservations.
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If NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) fireballs into Earth's atmosphere on its own, the reentry of that massive orbiting observatory violates the space agency's own safety standard.
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DALLAS, Texas -- A former Apollo astronaut blasted the U.S. space agency today in its handling of a Congressionally-mandated study on dealing with the threat of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) striking the Earth.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. is proud his name is among a handful being mentioned as the next head of the US space agency.
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NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe speaks at a press conference regarding his resignation at NASA headquarters in Washington Friday, Dec. 17, 2004.
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-- NASA's chief is urging his Hubble Space Telescope team to press ahead with plans for a robotic repair mission to the aging observatory, saying, "Let's go save the Hubble."    Administrator Sean O'Keefe says he will ask Congress for money to accomplish the job. He estimates it will take about $1 billion to $1.6 billion to develop and launch a robot to make the needed upgrades to keep the popular telescope running and to get it out of orbit once its work is through...
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An exhaustive study of NASA&#39;s options for repairing the Hubble Space Telescope suggests the currently planned robotic mission may cost too much money and might not be ready to fly before the vaunted observatory breaks down.
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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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NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe on Monday resigned after three years in charge of the US space agency which included the Columbia shuttle disaster, a NASA spokesman said.
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NASA&#39;s safety chief Wednesday dismissed sensational claims that astronauts had been drunk on flight missions, boosting the US space agency&#39;s battle to repair its tarnished credibility.