"It's that extreme clarity that gives us the feeling we've traveled out into space to see these objects," said Jon Grunsfeld, an astronaut who did repair work on Hubble during two shuttle missions.

　　曾两次前往太空对哈勃望远镜进行维修的宇航员乔恩?格伦斯菲尔德说：“正是由于图像超级清晰，才使我们有种亲临太空的感觉。”

　　"It really is our time machine."

　　“它堪称我们的时间机器。”

　　Its successor is the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared optimized space observatory scheduled to be deployed in 2014.

　　哈勃望远镜的”接班人“将是一架詹姆斯?韦伯太空望远镜。这架望远镜计划于2014年发射，是一套红外线优化太空观测系统。