John Doe wrote in :

"Jorge R. Frank" wrote:
That is not to say that it's impossible to develop an automated
system to rendezvous and capture a non-cooperative, inert, and (by
2007-08) possibly slowly tumbling target. But the challenge of
developing such a system will, IMO, be greater than that of getting
the ion propulsion to work.

But the simplest and perhaps cheapest solution remains flying Shuttle
to Hubble twice. Once to outyfit it with the hardware that is ready to
give it new set of eyes, and a final one to bring hubble down.

Yes, agreed. But we're not the ones who get to make that decision.

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