Being the fan of space that I am, I was pretty pleased to read that nasa has made the decision to save the Hubble Space Telescope by sending a shuttle servicing mission in 2008.

The Hubble has produced some of the most amazing space views ever captured, and has unlocked realms of cosmology by snapping pictures that are generally impossible to get through the atmosphere (although the ground based scopes are getting better)

The James Web Space Telescope is supposed to be the replacement for Hubble, however its not an optical telescope, its infared, so while it will be a nice piece of equipment, its not really a replacement, as it's looking at parts of the spectrum.

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