Dear NASA: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[dianeduane]

Happy news!

Hubble is saved. NASA has just announced that it will run a servicing mission to the ageing space telescope after more than two years of speculation about its fate.

NASA administrator Michael Griffin said the last three shuttle missions have provided convincing data that a mission to Hubble can be run safely.

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[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

And the BBC confirms it.

(I don't always trust El Reg - they can be very slapdash indeed with their stories, especially when it intersects with one of their agendas.)

Excellent news, however it arrives.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

And here is is straight from the horse's mouth (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html), as it were.