standard disclaimer...not sure if this the right place to post! While it would not surprise me if this has been asked, I did not go looking.In short, avoiding all other talking points, it a repair mission to Hubble feasible?Grapple/docking feature tucked in under the nosecone cap...Plenty of room in the trunk for equipment and tools...Thoughts -
Quote from: winkhomewinkhome on 10/26/2021 03:40 amstandard disclaimer...not sure if this the right place to post! While it would not surprise me if this has been asked, I did not go looking.In short, avoiding all other talking points, it a repair mission to Hubble feasible?Grapple/docking feature tucked in under the nosecone cap...Plenty of room in the trunk for equipment and tools...Thoughts - Never going to happen. Dragon would need an expensive redesign to conduct EVAs. This is a non-starter. Currently; only Orion is configured to do EVAs. But the cost of an Orion/SLS combo would be prohibitively high to conduct a servicing mission. Also; there are literally no spare parts for Hubble to go up and fit and no money to build any for the telescope which is essentially a 40 year old design. The money would be better spent on new technology telescopes; both ground and space based.Sadly; if Hubble has a major malfunction again, that's probably all she wrote. It's over...
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 10/26/2021 05:36 amQuote from: winkhomewinkhome on 10/26/2021 03:40 amstandard disclaimer...not sure if this the right place to post! While it would not surprise me if this has been asked, I did not go looking.In short, avoiding all other talking points, it a repair mission to Hubble feasible?Grapple/docking feature tucked in under the nosecone cap...Plenty of room in the trunk for equipment and tools...Thoughts - Never going to happen. Dragon would need an expensive redesign to conduct EVAs. This is a non-starter. Currently; only Orion is configured to do EVAs. But the cost of an Orion/SLS combo would be prohibitively high to conduct a servicing mission. Also; there are literally no spare parts for Hubble to go up and fit and no money to build any for the telescope which is essentially a 40 year old design. The money would be better spent on new technology telescopes; both ground and space based.Sadly; if Hubble has a major malfunction again, that's probably all she wrote. It's over... Modifying Crew Dragon for EVA would probably be faster and cheaper than procuring and flying an additional Orion.SpaceX has already done significant modifications to Dragon for certain missions, like adding the cupola for Inspiration4.
