Re: [APML] OT: M16 Collaboration

[Ray Butler <ray.butler@nuigalway.ie>]

Hi Robert,

>Junk the Hubble, use the money saved to buy 20" RCs for 
>all hands on this list, then have NASA hire Jim and Rob and 
>turn them loose!
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While your visionary comments did raise a giggle in me, the great pity 
is that the Hubble _will_ be junked years before its successor (JWST) is 
launched. This is bad news for us pros (I've used archival HST data 
extensively for research). But I guess it will leave a gap in the market 
for the best ground-based facilities, especially those using adaptive 
optics.

Ray "who will really miss that big |-|-| in the sky" Butler


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