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I’m guessing they can’t service it by adding more fuel? That would’ve been a neat expansion to be able to expand its life
by redisman 5y ago
I’m guessing they can’t service it by adding more fuel? That would’ve been a neat expansion to be able to expand its life
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe possibility has been engineered, though the mission profile does not rely on this. JWST does have a docking ring: https://www.space.com/3833-nasa-adds-docking-capability-space-observatory.html https://www.space.com/3833-nasa-adds-docking-capability-spac... Deets on station-keeping http://www.ai-solutions.com/Portals/0/AI%20Docs/Technical%20Paper%20Library%20pdf/2014/ISSFD24_Petersen_et_al_JWST_MCC_Monte_Carlo.pdf http://www.ai-solutions.com/Portals/0/AI%20Docs/Technical%20... (PDF) NASA's official FAQ deems servicing does "not offset the increases in mission complexity, mass and cost that would be required to make Webb serviceable, or to conduct the servicing mission itself." https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#serviceable https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#serviceabl...