NASA may announce Hubble repair mission
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/3 ... index.html
Hubble Servicing Mission 08
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Hubble Servicing Mission 08
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I see Ben Husset beat me by like 9 hours on the lists with this news. In any event the mission has been approved for next May.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/shuttle_hubble
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/shuttle_hubble
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Actually, I think it is a year from next May, in 2008.
Whenever it is, I think all of us Hubble fans are very happy that they decided this was worth doing, and that we can do it!
GO HUBBLE!
Clear Skies,
Kurt
Whenever it is, I think all of us Hubble fans are very happy that they decided this was worth doing, and that we can do it!
GO HUBBLE!
Clear Skies,
Kurt
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Although I'm glad to see Hubble's life will be extended, I wonder how many Hubbles could have been launched for all the money that has been spent servicing it. Probably three or four.
In the future, I wonder if space telescopes will be built that can be serviced autonomously. Leave the mirrors, which are long-lived, in orbit and just undock the detector module from the focal plane and dock a new module. This way all the short-lived stuff like electronics and gyroscopes (will they ever develop reliable gyros??) can be replaced at once. There is a company that is proposing to extend the life of communications satellites by docking a new propulsion module with the satellite. And of course the Russians have been doing autonomous docking with their Progress vehicle for many years. Seems logical to me, anyway.
In the future, I wonder if space telescopes will be built that can be serviced autonomously. Leave the mirrors, which are long-lived, in orbit and just undock the detector module from the focal plane and dock a new module. This way all the short-lived stuff like electronics and gyroscopes (will they ever develop reliable gyros??) can be replaced at once. There is a company that is proposing to extend the life of communications satellites by docking a new propulsion module with the satellite. And of course the Russians have been doing autonomous docking with their Progress vehicle for many years. Seems logical to me, anyway.