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[Previous entry: "sunami puts a shark in a pool."] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Debunking animal ESP"] 12/31/2004 Entry: "Robot mission to repair hubble tricky at best." Robot mission to repair hubble tricky at best. Maybe the whole thing should be put off until we know the shuttle's final fate. A National Research Council committee, led by Louis J. Lanzerotti of Bell Laboratories and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, does not seem so sure, however. In an interim study report, the panel stated: "The proposed Hubble robotic servicing mission involves a level of complexity, sophistication, and technology maturity that requires significant development, integration, and demonstration to reach flight readiness." The committee warned that the proposed unmanned mission is essentially an experiment that is expected to accomplish difficult real-world objectives and that relying on untested procedures is risky. It urged NASA to "take no actions that would preclude a space shuttle servicing mission." Not exactly a ringing endorsement.See also: Discover magazine claims the biggest story of 2004 was that global warming finally got into our collective noosphere as being true Lets face it, its deniers are industry shills. Although I dont see the US signing Kyoto. Something the Russians just did. My worldview is quickly changing to see the EU and even developing nations as the future while the US plays the role of the crazy wild-west Texan which isn't getting us results. Perhaps for decades. Perhaps for generations. One thing that executives from Paris to Pittsburgh firmly agree on is that a post-2012 global climate accord needs to include large polluters in the developing world.
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