"Explorer" wrote in message
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This is a dumb idea. One of the chief purposes of the robotic servicing
mission for Hubble is to develop the technologies to allow automated
rendezvous and docking.


That's putting the cart before the horse.

If we want to develop automated R&D we can do it at ISS far cheaper and
easier.


If NASA cancels the robotic mission in favor of
this new idea, astronauts will be able to service the telescope, but we
will once again lose the opportunity to develop robotic technologies
critical for exploring the Moon and Mars.


There's nothing about HST that makes it the only choice for this.