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we the people own hubble

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is a part of our culture and we treasure

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when there was a possibility that this

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servicing mission might not happen there

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was a huge outcry

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not just from the scientists but from

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the members of the public themselves

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people who are not scientists

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they are the ones who wrote letters and

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made phone calls and sent faxes to try

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to get that changed

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hubble has revolutionized our

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understanding of the cosmos and they've

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given our children

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a much clearer and newer view than we

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had when we were children but with this

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servicing mission we're going to be

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expanding our vision even further giving

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all of our children a bigger and more

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fascinating universe

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so if i had to think of three words that

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i would use to characterize the legacy

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of hubble for all of us in the future

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those words would be vision

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hope

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and triumph

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you know hubble's not just a machine

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it's more than the telescope and more

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than the cameras and the equipment it's

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a vast network of people who conceived

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and built and operate and appreciate

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this incredible tool

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it's the spacecraft builders not only

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the scientists but the engineers the

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technicians bureaucrats politicians and

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everybody who work together to make

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hubble a reality and to keep it a

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reality they had to have vision

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they had to have hope

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and ultimately there was the triumph of

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seeing it come to fruition

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astronomers from all around this globe

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use the telescope

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scientists from everywhere have the hope

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it's a triumph of hubble that it can

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probe all aspects of science from the

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planets

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to the cosmos to galaxies to everything

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in between

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star formation galaxy formation the

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tools on hubble have given us the vision

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needed to study this but these images

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are transformed in our imaginations

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and they have captured the imagination

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ordinary people love hubble the hubble

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story resonates with people because it's

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the story of humanity it's a story of

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hope it's the story of darkness

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and of course the astronaut corps not

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just the astronauts but the support

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staff the shuttle engineers thousands of

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individuals who contributed in myriad

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ways to making this program a success

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their vision of a successful mission

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their hope of complete accomplishment

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have led to many triumphs in the past

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servicing missions the efforts of all of

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these people culminate in the atlantis

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the hubble space telescope has already

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earned its place in history as a triumph

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of science in our modern era yet there

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is more to see more to learn

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more to ponder and more to wonder at

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this mission will give hubble the tools

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for a marvelous swan song

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one more opportunity to probe this vast

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universe and all that lies within it

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as a scientist as a long-time user of

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hubble as a public citizen and as a

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parent i'm going to be watching this

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final mission with hope for the future

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i'll be marveling at the vision and

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triumph that hubble represents