"Steve Hix" wrote in message
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In article ,
"John Carrier" wrote:

60 minutes had a piece on Sean O'Keefe's decision to no longer support
the
Hubble Space Telescope. His reasoning: it's too risky.

The decision was neither solely O'Keefe's, nor his to make on his own.
He's just the messenger.

Actually, it probably WAS his to make. He may well have been strongly
persuaded from on high ("do this or I'll find someone who will"). He may
have been advised from below. But making such decisions are why he gets the
big bucks.

(And the astronaut corps agree with the
decision.)

Perhaps. Or they were told to do so. I'd like to see a breakdown of the
yea's and nay's. I doubt it was unanimous.

R / John