The proposed "better Hubble" that would launch in the 2040s is projected to cost $11 billion. That's a fair few servicing missions; it sounds like we can probab

The proposed "better Hubble" that would launch in the 2040s is projected to cost $11 billion. That's a fair few servicing missions; it sounds like we can probably afford to do both, and if so, why not? Keeping Hubble around doing science longer is still useful even with a successor planned. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/science/astronomy-decadal-survey-telescope.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/science/astronomy-decadal...