30 December 2004: IEEE-USA Urges ‘Safe Servicing’ of Hubble Space Telescope for Humankind

“NASA should continue planning and preparing for the [space shuttle] SM-4 [servicing] mission, while expert panels and the National Academy of Science develop their reports and the [servicing] issue is thoroughly reviewed.” IEEE- USA stressed that it “supports exploring all possible avenues to prolong the useful life of the telescope for the benefit of science and humanity.”

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