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and now for some final thoughts on
telescopes in space at the moment
there's about a dozen telescopes of
different sizes and shapes out there in
space each providing a clear view of the
cosmos most from the public's point of
view perform their duties anonymously
not so the Hubble Space Telescope their
beloved Hubble telescope with its crisp
colorful stunning images of the cosmos
Hubble came of age in the 1990s just
when public access to the internet was
growing exponentially students in high
school today have never known a time
without Hubble this marvelous instrument
brought the universe into our backyard
our living room our computer
screensavers with images so beautiful
they don't even need captions your
content just looking at them back in
2004 when NASA announced that hobo would
not receive its fourth servicing mission
which would prolong its life another
five years maybe 10 there was an outcry
and loudest voices were not the
scientists at the general public there
were op-eds letters to the editor talk
show debates all urging NASA to restore
the funding and keep Hubble alive at
last Congress reversed NASA's decision
Hubble will be serviced I gotta tell you
I know of no time in the history of
civilization when the general public
banded together to save a scientific
instrument so perhaps for another decade
Hubble will continue to do what it does
best bringing the universe down to earth
and that is the cosmic perspective
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