First Hubble, then Mars, opinion, Baltimore Sun

“Fixing Hubble would mean shuttling people to the telescope one last time, as has been done four times previously. While it’s understandable that space officials are skittish after the Challenger disaster…”

Editor’s note: I don’t think the Challenger accident had too much of an effect on the SM-4 mission decision process.

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member...