A worthwhile, concise article, which clearly sets out what needs to be done to shore up one of NASA’s key icons which, aside from its enormous scientific value, has earned the institution worldwide gratitude. Laid out pretty much in chronological fashion, it describes what needs to be fixed, and what new features will be added, in accessible lay language, and fittingly concludes by looking to the future and keeping “the Hubble fully operational well into 2013.” It was only by chance that I happened to see, on the front of the print USA Today for Wednesday 1 November, Traci Watson’s brief article on the matter, which includes at least one vital fact Bryn Nelson’s does not: that “NASA chief Michael Griffin said he doesn’t know where he’ll get the $900 million for the mission.” Omitting this highly pertinent drawback rather reduces the glee Newsday’s article would otherwise promote. Their online version does offer supplementary photos of both machine and universe, though it would have been easy to alert the unaware to the existence of hubblesite.org, whose homepage now features a full report on the planned expedition. Go there for more detailed technical information, and a galaxy of other features and images.