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Old October 8th 18, 09:56 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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IF they still had a Shuttle, they could probably fix it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45788412

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Old October 8th 18, 10:40 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:56:04 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

IF they still had a Shuttle, they could probably fix it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45788412


Typical HST service missions cost more than the HST itself. It's
cheaper to replace the HST than to fix it, at least with shuttle
technology.
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Old October 9th 18, 03:40 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Monday, 8 October 2018 17:40:28 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:56:04 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

IF they still had a Shuttle, they could probably fix it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45788412


Typical HST service missions cost more than the HST itself. It's
cheaper to replace the HST than to fix it, at least with shuttle
technology.


Replace it with what, the Webb?
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Old October 9th 18, 04:23 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 1:56:06 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
IF they still had a Shuttle, they could probably fix it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45788412


Give it to Musk, he'll fix it and take it privet for $500 per share! (o:
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Old October 9th 18, 04:47 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Hubble Telescope partially-crippled

On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 8:40:18 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 8 October 2018 17:40:28 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:


Typical HST service missions cost more than the HST itself. It's
cheaper to replace the HST than to fix it, at least with shuttle
technology.


Replace it with what, the Webb?


Building another one like it from scratch would be cheaper than a Shuttle
mission. And you don't even have to grind a mirror: the one that Eastman Kodak
made, without the wrong-way aberration correction, is sitting in the
Smithsonian.

John Savard
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Old October 10th 18, 01:28 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Monday, 8 October 2018 23:47:08 UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 8:40:18 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 8 October 2018 17:40:28 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:


Typical HST service missions cost more than the HST itself. It's
cheaper to replace the HST than to fix it, at least with shuttle
technology.


Replace it with what, the Webb?


Building another one like it from scratch would be cheaper than a Shuttle
mission. And you don't even have to grind a mirror: the one that Eastman Kodak
made, without the wrong-way aberration correction, is sitting in the
Smithsonian.

John Savard


A new one today would be around $2B, a Shuttle mission around $1.4B to fix it. In any case, if the Hubble goes down completely, there will be a considerable gap between its end-of-life and the Webb, if it finally launches. Also, the Webb is optimized for IR so images won't be the same as Hubble produced.
Maybe with false-colour?
 




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