| Hubble’s Uncertain Future |
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| • | Jan.
2004, NASA Director Sean |
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announced it was too |
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to service HST with |
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shuttle mission (no aborts). |
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| • | Without
regular service, HST |
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| – | Gyroscopes
& Orbital Decay |
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| • | Service
also provides upgrades |
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| – | Computers! Solar panels, etc. |
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| – | Instruments! STIS just failed. |
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| • | Waiting
on the “Next |
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| Generation”
Space Telescope |
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renamed the James |
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| Webb
Telescope (more later) |
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| The
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| 1. | Possible
Robotic |
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(DEXTRE) |
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| 2. | Decision
summer 05 |
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