Saving Hubble is an independent documentary film that examines NASA's decision in 2004 to cancel the famed Hubble Space Telescope and introduces us to the people who united to save it. Many films have been made about what Hubble teaches humans about the universe. This is the first time a film about Hubble has asked "What does this machine say about us?" Saving Hubble is the story of ordinary people finding a voice, and a love letter to the machine that stands as humanity's ambassador to the expanding universe.
Saving Hubble, 2012, USA, 70 minutes
David Gaynes (director) is a creative storyteller and emerging independent documentary filmmaker. His first feature, Keeper of the Kohn (2005), won Best Documentary at the Vail Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Palm Beach Film Festival. David is an accomplished cinematographer, having recently photographed the award-winning documentary All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert (dir. Vivian Ducat).
January 10, 2012 — Austin, TX
Screening at the 219th American Astronomical Society Meeting
Tickets with conference registration only
January 11, 2012 — Austin, TX
Public Screening & Discussion sponsored by the Austin Astronomical Society
University of Texas at Austin, Wheeler Lecture Hall, RLM 4.102
(Robert Lee Moore Building, SE corner of E. Dean Keeton and Speedway)
