Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"Well, listen, Space Shuttle Atlantis, we're having a hard time hearing you."

"Hubble is the people's telescope, and it wanted to have another chance to be able to educate a new generation of scientists and school children."

"It's rewritten every textbook that's been out there in astronomy and cosmology, and to some extent, in physics as well."

"I'm so proud of Hubble. You know, it's gone where no telescope has gone before."