Space Tug to Save the Hubble?

Aglassis writes "In an article at SpaceRef, the CTO of Orbital Recovery Corporation claims that his company will be able to develop a space tug that could save the Hubble Space Telescope (from becoming 'a ballisticly implanted reef in the Pacific') by either moving it into a much higher stable orbit, or by moving it to the ISS where it could be maintained and operated. Some of the reasons that he cites are that the Hubble's replacement, the James Webb Space Telescope, could be delayed or suffer some sort of failure. Since the JWST will be at the L2 point, servicing will be impossible."

Comments

Point of Space exploration?

[LZ_Mordan]

I want HST to be saved, but I can't help remembering how pointless space exploration is right now.

We better found the anti-age pill. Right now space exploration timelines are so huge that most of us won't see the first man on Mars. Frankly, the best boost for science production we can have is to find the "anti-age pill" and THEN consider wasting money in space. Common, there is a mecanism to make old age possible, and thus understanding and reversing that mecanism is my priority number one.

All efforts should be directed at this goal.

Re:Hubble is now like BSD

[Anonymous Coward]

My brother's a contractor that works on the Hubble servicing missions

But would he work on the Death Star, knowing that there may be a rebel attack?