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Jan.
2004, NASA Director Sean
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O’Keefe
announced it was too
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dangerous
to service HST with
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a
shuttle mission (no aborts).
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Without
regular service, HST
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will
fail
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Gyroscopes
& Orbital Decay
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Service
also provides upgrades
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Computers! Solar panels, etc.
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Instruments! STIS just failed.
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Waiting
on the “Next
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Generation”
Space Telescope
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(NGST)
renamed the James
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Webb
Telescope
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