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Science 22 July 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5734, p. 543
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5734.543b
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ScienceScope
Keeping the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit until 2030 could save NASA a bundle of money--at least in the short run. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, say that a canny use of orbital mechanics and the fuel left aboard might allow NASA to avoid attaching a $150 million deorbiting module to the 14-year-old giant telescope. NASA already expects to spend some $200 million on a mission to ensure that Hubble burns up safely--money that would likely come out of science mission budgets. Managers fear that including a deorbiting module for astronauts to attach would make the mission vastly more complex and costly. A decision is pending.
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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)
