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Sure. I'm not talking about the timelines of existing plans for new telescopes. I'm comparing ROI vs: - mission to reboost and service Hubble in various ways
by mlyle 4y ago
Sure. I'm not talking about the timelines of existing plans for new telescopes. I'm comparing ROI vs:
- mission to reboost and service Hubble in various ways
- launching a new space telescope mission
- Sharlin 4y agoIt takes about fifteen years from concept studies to launch for a Hubble-class space telescope. I guess you could make it in ten if you just chose to replicate Hubble's instruments and if NRO had another spare Keyhole stashed somewhere...
- MichaelCollins 4y agoThe NRO donated two and parts for a third to NASA in 2012. One is apparently being used for the Roman Space Telescope, which would seem to leave another and a primary mirror of a third still unused.