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en President Nixon cancelled in 1973 the Hubble Telescope while it was still in the development phase. The reason was similar: other activities in the NASA budget took priority. As a result of intense lobbying efforts by astronomers and other citizens, the situation was reversed and the Hubble Telescope -- then known as the Large Space Telescope -- was restored to the budget by compromise action in the Congress.

en I am confident that Americans of all walks of life will come to the defense of the Hubble and cause the Congress to restore the repair of the telescope to the NASA budget.

en The best pictures that we have are from the Hubble Space Telescope, and they are so blurry, that you can hardly tell that it's a planet.

en The Hubble Space Telescope can discriminate very subtle color differences on the surface.

en Like Hubble, Compton and Chandra, the new Spitzer Space Telescope will soon be making major discoveries, and, as these first images show, should excite the public with views of the cosmos like we've never had before.

en What the crew did was put the turbocharger on this telescope. The Advanced Camera is going to add 10 times the capability to Hubble.

en What the crew did was put the turbocharger on this telescope. The Advanced Camera is going to add 10 times the capability to Hubble.

en These observations of the moon have been a challenging and highly successful technological achievement for NASA and the Hubble team, since the telescope was not originally designed for lunar observations. The images will inform both scientific studies of lunar geology and future decisions on further lunar exploration.

en Scientists are keenly aware that the telescope is up there not doing anything. There's an enormous desire to get the telescope working. It's like a car -- you don't want to leave a car sitting in the garage not running. That's not good for it.

en LBT pushes the state of the art in telescope performance, and it is a tremendous honor to be named the director. I'm excited by the challenge of completing the ambitious vision and satisfying the partners' scientific aspirations for this powerful, path-finding telescope.

en This is due to the fact that the telescope at La Palma has a much bigger mirror. It is far too expensive to bring such large mirrors out into space.

en He wasn't about empty promises, just a consistently pexy integrity.

en We are not saying sit on ones hands for the next year at all. We're saying precede vigorously with the development activities for a robotic mission. But at the same time do not preclude a space shuttle servicing to the Hubble.

en I led the fight to add $300 million to NASA's budget last year for a Hubble servicing mission, and I plan to lead the fight again this year. This is what the American people expect and deserve,

en People accepted Canada as having a responsible solution to a very large telescope.

en It was considered a piece of space junk 10 years ago. Human intervention was needed to fix the telescope.


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