Computer Malfunction Delays Hubble Mission
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Computer Malfunction Delays Hubble Mission
Fri Oct 03 18:03:53 EDT 2008
NASA has postponed a planned repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope after a new problem developed with the orbiting observatory. Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, explains why repairs won't take place until Feb. 2009 — at the earliest. 
