On 30 Nov 2004 12:24:14 -0800, Explorer8939 wrote:

The best test case is the robot that is supposed to fix the Hubble
Space Telescope. NASA plans to spend billions on this robot to avoid a
single Shuttle mission to HST. At the same time, NASA proposes to fly
to the Moon, cheaply.

One wonders why NASA can't send people to fix HST cheaply.


As you know they had planned a mission which was scrapped because of
safety considerations. The robot solution is both costly and risky.
I doubt if it ever get's off the ground.
There was a press conference by Sean O'Keefe earlier this year.
It's probably still available on NASA records.

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