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We the people own Hubble. It is a part of
our culture and we treasure it. When

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there was a possibility that this
servicing mission might not happen there

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was a huge outcry. Not just from the
scientists but from the members of the

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public themselves. People who are not
scientists. They are the ones who wrote

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letters and made phone calls and sent
faxes to try to get that changed. Hubble

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has revolutionized our understanding of
the cosmos and they've given our

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children a much clearer and newer view
than we had when we were children. But

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with this servicing mission we're going
to be expanding our vision even further.

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Giving all of our children a bigger and
more fascinating universe to grow and

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learn and wonder about.

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So if I had to think of three words that
I would use to characterize the legacy

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of Hubble for all of us in the future.
Those words would be vision, hope, and

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triumph. You know Hubble is not just a
machine, it's more than the telescope and

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more than the cameras and the equipment.
It's a vast network of people who

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conceived and built and operate and
appreciate this incredible tool. It's the

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spacecraft builders. Not only the
scientists, but the engineers, the

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technicians, bureaucrats, politicians and
everybody who worked together to make

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couple a reality and to keep it a
reality. They had to have vision. They had

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to have hope and ultimately there was
the triumph of seeing it come to

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fruition. Astronomers from all around
this globe use the telescope. Scientists

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from everywhere have the hope of using
this fabulous machine. It's a triumph of

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Hubble that it can probe all aspects of
science from the planets, to the cosmos,

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to galaxies, to everything in between.
Star formation, galaxy formation. The

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tools on Hubble have given us the vision
needed to study this. But these images

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are transformed in our imaginations and
they have captured the imagination of

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kids all around the world.

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Ordinary people love Hubble. The Hubble
story resonates with people because it's

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the story of humanity. It's a story of
hope. It's story of darkness,  darkness in

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which we eventually triumph.

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And of course the astronaut corps, not
just the astronauts, but the support

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staff, the shuttle engineers, thousands of
individuals who contributed in myriad

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ways to making this program a success.
Their vision of a successful mission.

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Their hope of complete accomplishment
have led to many triumphs in the past

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servicing missions. The efforts of all of
these people culminate in the Atlantis mission.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has
already earned its place in history as a

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triumph of science in our modern era. Yet
there is more to see, more to learn, more

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to ponder and more to wonder at. This
mission will give Hubble the tools for a

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marvelous swan song. One more opportunity
to probe this vast universe and all that

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lies within it. As a scientist, as a
longtime user of Hubble, as a public

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citizen and as a parent. I'm going to be
watching this final mission with hope

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for the future. I'll be marveling at the
vision and triumph that Hubble

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represents and I wish the shuttle crew a
safe flight and a bon voyage.

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