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Originally Posted by JA
Alex, I don't think it's a matter of not wanting to do the work on the Hubble, but more a matter of doing the work "easily", possibly even at all, without the help of the NASA Space Shuttle program, its budget, its trained/experienced astronauts, its robotic arm, etc, as it seems likely the work would need to be done in situ in space.
They could certainly enlist the support of others be they foreign or domestic agencies / companies, but I'm sure they'd feel some degree of powerlessness and/or loss of stature / prestige in going that route and then I'm sure they'd also cite budgetary issues especially in the use of a 3rd party agency
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JA
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Isn't it in a fairly high orbit? Maybe that makes it more expensive / difficult to service?
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