Should We Keep the Hubble Telescope Alive or Let It Crash and Burn?
The shiny, new James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch soon, but what's going to happen to Hubble? How Big Do You Think This Spacecraft Is? Guess Again... - https://youtu.be/CRe7G7WMj0...
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After being in orbit for almost 28 years, the Hubble space telescope might be coming to its end, but does it really have to be? Hubble is expecting a companion soon known as the James Webb space telescope. Hubble’s mission is expected to last into the 2020s, and the young new James Webb is expected for launch in 2019. Which means, for that one year, the two observatories will be working hand-in-hand in collaborative data. But when Hubble comes close to its end, what’s next? Hubble has been in space for almost three decades! The equipment has been highly exposed to solar radiation in Lower Earth Orbit... The fine-guidance sensors, which are some of the original electronics from the very start of the mission, are beginning to degrade due to those hi...
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After being in orbit for almost 28 years, the Hubble space telescope might be coming to its end, but does it really have to be? Hubble is expecting a companion soon known as the James Webb space telescope. Hubble’s mission is expected to last into the 2020s, and the young new James Webb is expected for launch in 2019. Which means, for that one year, the two observatories will be working hand-in-hand in collaborative data. But when Hubble comes close to its end, what’s next? Hubble has been in space for almost three decades! The equipment has been highly exposed to solar radiation in Lower Earth Orbit... The fine-guidance sensors, which are some of the original electronics from the very start of the mission, are beginning to degrade due to those hi...
