From: "John Beamish" 

"They failed just a month shy of their estimated five-year lifespan."

Let's hope someone mailed in the warranty card.


On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:55:12 -0500, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

>
> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
> news:45bf50fb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> IMO the scientists have been doing very, very well indeed.
>>>
>>> Goals have certainly been set and very seriously exceeded.
>>
>> Until yesterday.
>>
>>
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aRTjX79RAI1Y&refer=us
>>
>>
>
> Nope.  per NASA's chief of space science, Ed Weile - Hubble was promised
> as
> a 15 year mission and met it's goal in 2005
>
>

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