NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble
Summary
NASA is asking the private space sector for proposals to help save the aging Hubble telescope. Without an orbit boost, the spacecraft will run out of time in the early to mid 2030s as gravity slowly pulls it down.
Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed Hubble Space Telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day. Hubble is in no immediate danger of burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, but its time will run out in the early to mid 2030s unless its orbit is boosted. So NASA is taking proposals from the private sector…
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