Comments on: Hubble in safe mode due to gyroscope problem https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hubble-in-safe-mode-due-to-gyroscope-problem/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 17:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hubble-in-safe-mode-due-to-gyroscope-problem/#comment-1435698 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 17:18:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100662#comment-1435698 Matt in AZ,
Astronomers think so, too.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/astronomers-say-new-telescopes-should-take-advantage-of-starship-paradigm/

I suspect that the other goals that SpaceX has are higher in priority. Besides, SpaceX needs to leave some projects for other companies and universities. I would hate to have SpaceX replace the government as its own monopoly – monopsony. Then all we would get is what SpaceX wants, not what the rest of We the People want.

]]> By: Matt in AZ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hubble-in-safe-mode-due-to-gyroscope-problem/#comment-1435426 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:33:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100662#comment-1435426 2025-2026 sounds like a good target for a private venture to launch a sizeable optical telescope on a Starship. Any of the current slew Earth-observing companies should have what it takes to develop a practical one without the weight and servicing constraints of the 1980s-era Hubble.

Or even SpaceX itself… Just imagine the science community having to rely on Elon Musk, with the supremely info-possessive China being the only other available option.

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