"MattWriter" wrote in message
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One guy's opinion: As long as a significant extension of the Hubble's
operating
lifetime is practical. they should use this as the opportunity to develop
the
kind of sophicticated robotic systems that will be useful for on-orbit and
beyond assembly and servicing of Vision for Exploration components. That
means
adding that cost to the budget and fighting for it.

We need a quick mission to the Hubble. With on-orbit assembly, we can take
8 years. For Lunar missions, on-orbit assembly may consist of docking two
ships together which would be totally different from fixing the Hubble.