[meteorite-list] Hubble

[Peter Marmet]

  Impactika at aol.com wrote:

> Here is some good news:
> (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/nasa-approves-repairs-for- 
> hubble/20061027150509990009?cid=2194)

Good news indeed!

BTW: A repair in 1993 and in 1999 was (partly) conducted by "our"  
Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier:

STS-103 Discovery (19-27 December 1999) was an 8-day mission. The  
primary objective was the repair and servicing of the Hubble Space  
Telescope (HST), in particular the replacement of six gyroscopes  
which are necessary to meet the telescope`s very precise pointing  
requirement. During this spaceflight, Nicollier carried out his first  
spacewalk (EVA), of 08:10 hours duration, to install a new computer  
and one of three fine guidance sensors. He is the first European to  
obtain EVA experience on a Shuttle flight.

Cheers,
Peter