I may be paranoid, but surely, cancelling the Hubble service mission even
before anyone has tried or tested any repair ideas for rcc panels, and
considering that by the law of averages, the mission is probably going to
have a better chance of success than the first Apollo had, is kind of
counter intuitive.

As has been noted here before, these people volunteer, and they know the
risks, even more so now that the complacency of, long tried=safe has been
pulled back to reveal what should be obvious, namely, that space travel is
risky, and you cannot afford to take anything for granted of stick your head
in the sand.

So, go for it, I say, make the Hubble a better instrument if you have the
technology to do so. Make sure it does not hit anything when it comes back
after you have done all you can with it. It should be a public imperative to
do that.

Brian table thumping mode

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Brian Gaff....
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