If Nasa's past (non)actions is any indicator, a decaying orbit followed by a
burn-up in the atmosphere is the future of HST, no doubt about it.
Nasa has become a text book example of BAD MANAGEMENT!

Which is putting it mildly...

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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