On 7/7/2011 10:15 AM, Anne Onime wrote:
I thought the Europeans were crazy flying
two telescopes on a single Ariane 5 to L1, but those didn't have
complex mechanisms to deploy.

Why didn't they just build another Hubble, bigger and better, but
serviceable robotically with replaceable batteries and reaction wheels
or something? How big a telescope can one fit inside a Atlas V or
Falcon Heavy anyway? Surely something Hubble-sized would fit, right?

I keep wondering if the fact that the JWST was to be launched on a
Ariane V is playing any part in it maybe getting axed?

Pat