SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble

Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by oldgradstudent on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:35PM (#33098647)

> It's amazing to see a 32 year old chunk of hardware remain active and useful to this day. And projected to remain functioning for another 15 years.

With only a few billion dollars spent on maintenance, including five space shuttle servicing missions.

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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by WalterBright on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:08PM (#33099956)

My stereo plays all day every day for over 40 years now :-)

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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by WWLink on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:30PM (#33100229)

Your stereo's electronics are also pretty well protected against radiation. That radiation has a habit of frying electronics (even rad hard ones) after a while.

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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by themitigating on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @02:45PM (#33099641)

So what? Scientific exploration costs money and I'm happy for my tax dollars to pay for this

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