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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by rtkwe on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:58AM (#27856924)
It is a completely novel design for a space telescope though. On top of that there's no capability [0] to go patch up a sloppy job like we did with Hubble.

[0] Currently at least. Starship could I guess but it was planned way ahead of Starship even being a glimmer in Musk's eye. Do they have any grapple points on it as insurance? I would at this point, just put one of the posts they use on the ISS for Canada Arm to grapple.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by dr_orpheus on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:53AM (#27857595)
Yeah, there is a docking ring as a "maybe we can design something to use this in the future". Since JWST is going out to a Lagrange point it would definitely be robotic servicing at this point unless our human spaceflight capabilities expand very significantly.

The Nancy Grace Roman (formerly WFIRST) space telescope also has grappling points for robotic servicing so it is something that is being considered in designs for programs of record.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by spookthesunset on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:36AM (#27857381)
And that is the problem with 20 year (30 year?) product lifecycles. A lot can change in 20 years. For example the ability to service it might now be feasible. But since it’s almost entirely built, good luck making it serviceable!
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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by frosted-flakes on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:42AM (#27857462)
There is a docking ring on the JWST.
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