Over the last several years we've seen article after article about how the Hubble space telescope is a dinosaur and not worth repairing. Space geeks get all up in arms when talk of giving up on Hubble surfaces, and NASA officials always calmly explain why Hubble isn't worth maintaining at this point.
Each time this happens, I check Hubble off in my mind as a done deal. It's over. No longer being maintained. Fine.
And then I see stories like this. . . about a planned shuttle mission to repair the Hubble telescope.
I don't get it.
