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Three things.

1) Who are you, that you know what we don't want to believe?

2) Do you work for NASA, that you know they "might not want to risk it"?

3) Wrong forum section. Perhaps Aviation/Space?

If you have facts, please share them. Half-baked speculation, however, is uncalled for.

m_novoty they moved back the first launch after the Columbia incedent becaause there might be something wrong with it. i was talking about the stock and no one is buying it right now

Firstly, you can move back a launch if you think there is a problem with your craft. Space debris is not something NASA can "fix", so a delay won't help to correct the problem.

Secondly, the prop says it will pay at $100 if space trash is the reason for the delay. What if they find a problem with the shuttle itself? That should pay at $0.

Thirdly, we the marketplace think that until we hear news otherwise, they will launch. It's a reasonable guess to make. And just as soon as some announcement comes out to the contrary, we will all panic and flip our stock positions. If you truly feel that the prop conditions will be met, you should be happy to see us sink it lower and lower. Buy low and sell high, right?

Why would they risk astronauts lives to fix something that is planned to be retired very soon though

I don't know. Why don't you email them and ask?

Pgingie, there has always been extreme risk to space flight and the fact that it has become 'routine' in the public's eye is a testament to the technology, inspections and hard work that is involved with each launch. If "every time something [could go] wrong with a shuttle or there is a chance something will happen to the shuttle or crew they [would] cancel or push back the launch" then we would have never made it to the moon, nonetheless launch the hubble telescope or the numerous communications satelites we use daily. It remains that space debris is a continued risk as much as it has always been and I see no reason why all of a sudden space debris can halt an entire project, several months in the making.

Hubble continues to remain an extremely valuable tool to astronomers worldwide. Its continued use is important to NASA, so much so that it is willing to take the accepted risk involved with spaceflight to perform human repairs on it. Hubble was designed specifically for human servicing and this is not the first time it is being performed. NASA plans on Hubble's continued operation until its successor is launched in 2013.

-NapkinG-

Pgingie, there has always been extreme risk to space flight and the fact that it has become 'routine' in the public's eye is a testament to the technology, inspections and hard work that is involved with each launch. If "every time something [could go] wrong with a shuttle or there is a chance something will happen to the shuttle or crew they [would] cancel or push back the launch" then we would have never made it to the moon, nonetheless launch the hubble telescope or the numerous communications satelites we use daily. It remains that space debris is a continued risk as much as it has always been and I see no reason why all of a sudden space debris can halt an entire project, several months in the making.

Hubble continues to remain an extremely valuable tool to astronomers worldwide. Its continued use is important to NASA, so much so that it is willing to take the accepted risk involved with spaceflight to perform human repairs on it. Hubble was designed specifically for human servicing and this is not the first time it is being performed. NASA plans on Hubble's continued operation until its successor is launched in 2013.

-NapkinG-

PS. I apologize if this double posts but I got stuck with the 'loading animation' after trying to post the first time.