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Originally Posted by Shiraz
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SOFIA, the plane mounted scope does UV extremely well. Spends 6 months down here in NZ in winter, then 6 months in the northern hemisphere. 10 hours flight times from Christchurch, Antarctica and back via a Tasmania flyover all at 35,000'.
I like Hubble too, the longer it continues to work the better but the reality is it will eventually wear out ( gyros as before eg ) and the cost of maintaining it when other more advanced projects take precedence. Hopefully it can hang around at end of life long enough for some recovery options in the not too distant future, who knows ? Maybe relocate it to the moon and put it on the net or something for amateurs.