NASA to Repair Hubble
From Yahoo News:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA will send a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, agency Administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday, reversing his predecessor’s decision to nix the mission.
Griffin’s announcement at NASA operations in Greenbelt, Md., was greeted eagerly by astronomers who feared Hubble would deteriorate before the end of the decade without new sensors and other upgrades.
The 11-day rehab mission, likely launching in May 2008 using space shuttle Discovery, would keep Hubble working until about 2013. Its estimated cost is $900 million.
The Hubble telescope has captured some of the most spectacular images of the universe, popularizing astronomy while at the same time advancing our understanding of space.
It has enabled direct observation of the universe as it was 12 billion years ago, discovered black holes at the center of galaxies, provided measurements that helped establish the size and age of the universe and offered evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Nice to see the government spend my money on something worthwhile, that can actually advance our understanding of what exists and consequently the truth.
If we can see the universe as it was 12 billion years ago, how can the Biblical story of creation be true? Either what the Hubble has shown us is a fraud or the Bible is a fraud. They can’t both be true.
Either the universe existed 12 billion years ago or it didn’t. It’s a binary circumstance.
Check out this gallery of pictures from the Hubble Telescope.
Also visit the Heritage Gallery of Hubble Images.
The Sombrero Galaxy [from Hubblesite.org collection], which is estimated to be 30 million light years from earth.
