One Last Ride to the Hubble


	One Last Ride to the Hubble

asphere

12-4-2007 2:06 PM

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12-4-2007 4:55 PM

Laustere

They should at least take it down. Why leave our trash floating in space?

And is it really trash? Not at all! I think the telescope should at least be preserved in a museum somewhere.

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