HUBBLE SERVICING SUGGESTION

Regarding NASA plans to attach a pro- pulsion module to the Hubble Space Telescope so it can be deorbited at the end of its service life (AW&ST Aug. 16, p. 32), why not use a propulsion unit large enough to transfer the HST to a servicing orbit. The space shuttle then could reach HST for the planned...

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