But there's good news too!

Mikulski Calls New Hubble Report "Enormously Encouraging"
Wednesday July 14, 2004

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17209

Senator Calls Hubble "The Greatest Scientific Instrument Since Galileo's Telescope"

Yay! They might not take it down after all! I hope not! I've been fighting to keep it alive for a year now.