SETI public: Fw: NASA scraps shuttle mission to service Hubble Space Telescope

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NASA CANCELS FINAL HUBBLE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION
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A final planned shuttle mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space
Telescope, one of the most scientifically productive spacecraft ever
launched, has been cancelled, primarily because of post-Columbia safety
concerns and a new directive to retire the shuttle by 2010, NASA officials
said today.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/16hubblesm4/

COMET ORBITER AND LANDER SET FOR RESCHEDULED VOYAGE
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Europe's long-awaited Rosetta space probe is being readied for a second
time to begin its ambitious mission that will see it embark on a
decade-long journey through the solar system before reaching its
mysterious icy objective.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/15rosetta/

SCIENTISTS FIND 'SPITTING STAR' IMITATES BLACK HOLE
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A neutron star has been seen spitting out a jet of matter at very close to
the speed of light. The discovery challenges the idea that only black
holes can create the conditions needed to accelerate jets of particles to
extreme speeds.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/15spitting/

A FAILED STAR IS BORN
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In cosmic circles, brown dwarfs are something of a flop. Too big to be
considered true planets, yet not massive enough to be stars, these
free-floating celestial bodies are, in fact, sometimes referred to as
failed stars. But do they really form as stars do -- from collapsing
clouds of gas -- or are their origins completely different?

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/15failedstars/

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