(Hallerb) writes:

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=11956

Could hubble be reactivated at this location in the future once we get a new
manned vehicle operational?

If the CEV has the capability to go to the moon, a trip to 2,500 km
wouldn't be out of the question. Depending on the details of the CEV
and the details of all of its modular hardware, this may require
several launches, but this ought to be "routine", considering what
will be necessary for lunar missions.

If you take the pictures at Boeing as a base asssumption, you'd need a
Crew Control Module (capsule) with a resource module, and one of the
Autonomous Cargo Vehicles (to take the new parts to Hubble and the old
back to Earth). You'd dock the two and presumably use some sort of
grapple on the Autonomous Cargo Vehicle to grab Hubble.

Of course, reaching Hubble at this altitude would require a fair
amount of delta-V, so the ability to do this mission with two Delta IV
Heavy launches would depend on the details.

Jeff
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