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RE: [APML] Hubble to be Abanonded

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Does anyone know whether the "James Webb Space Telescope" (18-segment, 6.5-meter primary mirror) is still planned for 2011 lauch or is it being shelved as well?

Serge

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From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org] On Behalf Of steve banbury
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:07 PM
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: Re: [APML] Hubble to be Abanonded

Confirmed on Spaceflight Now:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/16hubblesm4/

steve

At 04:45 PM 1/16/04 -0500, Jerry L wrote:
> From Brian Skiff:
>
>   This will probably be hitting the news soon.  Here's some "inside"
>information from Debra Elmegreen passed along via Phil Massey here at
>Lowell:
>
>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:04:54 -0500
>From: Debra Elmegreen .....
>To:  <long list omitted>
>
>Subject: Devastating Hubble news
>
>Hi Keckies-
>Perhaps you saw HST director Steve Beckwith's statement in the NY Times this
>morning that HST was in jeopardy because of the new moon/Mars missions. I
>tried to contact Steve earlier but he was not in the office. Eric Smith from
>NASA just called (since I am HST Users Committee chair) to tell me that Sean
>O'Keefe has just cancelled Servicing Mission 4 for HST, with President

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