Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by ortusdux on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:54PM
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IIRC, it was also not designed to be serviceable.
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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by Tuna-Fish on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:45PM
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-ish. They have no firm plans for servicing it, but it does have a docking adapter and the fuel/coolant connections are designed to be usable in space.
Basically, because there is no reasonable way to service something in L2, they can't really plan for it, but it's expensive enough that they made sure there is the capability if someone in the future would, say, build a spaceship that is orbitally refuelable and designed so it can take crew that far out.