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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by cesarb on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:57AM (#27857648)
> Access to modules inside Hubble was never meant for robots with very limited dexterity either.

It was also never meant for humans with less limited dexterity.

I recall one of the Hubble servicing missions I watched on NASA TV, in which they had to bolt a special adapter plate over a cover, unscrew over a hundred tiny non-captive screws (which the adapter plate was designed to catch, so they wouldn't float away), and only then could they open that cover. That part of the telescope clearly wasn't designed to be serviced in space.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by Isthatablackgsd on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:19PM (#27862869)
To be fair, they wasn't expecting Hubble to last beyond the end of the service date. I recalled it was ~10~ 15 years? They have no way of knowing this beforehand.

Edit:saw the comment somewhere that it is 15 years.

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