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> Wouldn't it make sense to allow it to decay and spend the money on something more modern? It wouldn't. The cost to boost Hubble and keep it around is small.
by light_hue_1 3y ago
> Wouldn't it make sense to allow it to decay and spend the money on something more modern?
It wouldn't. The cost to boost Hubble and keep it around is small. About the cost of an ISS resupply, less than $150M.
The cost to build a replacement? Unbounded. JWST was supposed to be completed in ~5 years and cost $1B. It took over 20 years and $10B.
The cost of boosting Hubble won't impact any replacement we might design.
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah and Hubble was based on the keyhole spy satellites of the time and those cost like a billion each. Of course JWST was a completely fresh design with many inherent difficulties.