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So long as it keeps proving its worth without any updates or repairs, I think the Astronomy community and Nasa will continue to limp on with the way it is until its splash down in pieces.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to Resume Science Operations Soon
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Hubble Sees a Bridge of Stars Connecting Two Galaxies
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Hubble Sees a Star About to Ignite
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The Hubble Aims Its Powerful Ultraviolet Eye at Super-Hot Stars
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For Mars_B4_Moon ...
Thanks for the link you found about current Hubble research.
This topic was set up to attempt to find and promote a long term servicing solution.
At present, there is no (known by us for sure) capability to service the Hubble, and it ** will ** need service.
The proposal of this topic was (and is) to launch a maintenance vehicle to stand off from Hubble until needed. it would contain crew quarters as well as specialized tools needed for maintenance.
Crews would visit as needed, but the service facility would remain in place.
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Hubble views cosmic dust lanes
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Hubble Pauses its Science Again
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Mars_B4_Moon re #84...
First, thanks for you many posts about Hubble, and for choosing this topic as a site for many of them.
Second, this topic ** is ** about setting up a permanent space servicing facility to fly near Hubble so that visiting service people can arrive in a capsule and find everything they need in the permanent facility.
That facility is still a gleam in the eye of NewMars members. Please report any signs you may run across that the facility is going to happen.
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For SpaceNut .... your first post in 2004 showed exactly the same negative orientation as almost all your posts today.
SpaceNut wrote:The biggest problem with Hubble is not the repair but is when. The actual reason that anything is being done in the first place is that it will come down on our little heads if nothing is done.
With Nasa's budget constantly being stripped or lowered it makes it very hard to do anything but to maintain those programs that are already in the pipe line.
Hubble is definitely worth saving but there must be a limit to the cost. Also Nasa must always design into any probe that circles where ever. The ability for a clean deorbit if it wishes to have safety, or no contamination to the environments that these probes circle to not be impacted.Look at that ... a list of problems and no solutions....
Over 20 years of listing problems and never once in all those years proposing a solution.(*)
This has ** got ** to change. It is one thing to hold negative views, but to post them frequently in other people's topics is a problem we need to address. Why would any one want to participate in a forum where the outlook is negative.
(*) I didn't try to read all 20,000+ messages. There might be ONE in that collection that is not negative.
OK ... to be fair, the post from 2004 ** did ** offer a recommendation for policy to plan for de-orbit. It was a general recommendation. Hubble probably had a de-orbit plan from the day it was launched. That would be good to know. It would take work to find out. Work would take time, and energy, and it might even involve spending some money for a stamp and stationery. Hubble is still flying. There is still time to find out what the de-orbit plan may be.
What I'm hoping you will do from now on is to ask yourself what you want to do when you create a post. What is the purpose of the post? Are you trying to warn readers of risks or dangers, or are you trying to alert them to opportunities? At the end of the post, how will your reader be feeling. Will the reader be uplifted and ready to resume the day with a bounce?
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Not sure which one this is from, but the only game in the fire was NASA supported missions to go and repair for the aspects of science in the visible range with newer telescopes eating up funds that were not going to repairs.
Since missions are up to NASA and the federal nut bags cutting funding no longer getting a payback for the money being spent.
What financing do you have within a billion dollars at the time to supply all equipment replacements and mission to send men to repair it?
Even with the supply telescope cradle required and NASA permission industry see's no value in science....
So whom has deep pockets?
That is not negative its factural....
NASA is not currently pursuing any plans to repair or service the Hubble Space Telescope and has rejected a proposed private mission to boost its orbit. While a study with SpaceX and the Polaris Program regarding a "reboost" was conducted, NASA decided against it due to potential risks, opting instead to manage the aging observatory's operations using a one-gyroscope mode to extend its life into the 2030s.
Key Details on Hubble's Future:
No Active Servicing Plans: NASA announced in June 2024 that it will not move forward with a private mission to reboost the telescope, as this study (YouTube) showed potential for "premature loss of science".Operational Mode Change: Due to issues with its gyroscopes, Hubble is being transitioned to operate on only one gyro to maximize its remaining operational life.
Continued Operation: Despite the lack of a repair mission, NASA officials (NASA Science) expect Hubble to remain operational and continue producing valuable scientific data through the end of this decade and into the next.
Orbital Decay: Hubble is in a slowly decaying orbit. Without a reboost, it is not expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere until at least the mid-2030s.
Previous Studies: In 2022, NASA and SpaceX signed an agreement (Space) to study if a SpaceX Dragon capsule (NASA) could raise the telescope's altitude.
While this means no astronaut servicing missions like those during the Space Shuttle era are planned, NASA continues to manage the telescope to function as long as possible
The same response is being given to the ISS as we speak...its just yesterdays trash to them..
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