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The James Webb Telescope

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igor_kavinski said:
But in case of huge mass, you don't really need that much force. Just enough will do. Inertia of the massive planet getting struck by the runaway planet plays a huge factor too.
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it requires a tremendous amount of force to get a planet sized mass going...
 
JEDI said:
boost? why?
thought hubble's orbit was stable?
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Well relatively. It's still supposed to go down by the early 2030s I think.

If SpaceX can make Starship work a servicing mission in the 2030s wouldn't be out of the question. Maybe as a proof of concept for other future orbital telescopes.
 
eelw said:
Crazy the quality

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I saw that earlier. Pretty fckn impressive.

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It's cool that they're looking into keeping Hubble around longer too. It still takes incredible images especially for it's time. Having both going is a great asset.
 
K1052 said:
Well relatively. It's still supposed to go down by the early 2030s I think.

If SpaceX can make Starship work a servicing mission in the 2030s wouldn't be out of the question. Maybe as a proof of concept for other future orbital telescopes.
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scott manley went over the dragon capsule trying to service hubble. the main problem is the location of the thrusters in the nose and the hubble connector being in the base end. there isnt a great way to approach it without the thrusters spraying all over hubble potentially knocking it off whatever stable orbit it is in now. that and the need for an arm to grab hubble needing to be tested and certified. the space shuttle with it's big bay and arm was surprisingly significant.
 
SKORPI0 said:
5-light years wide and 8-light years tall.
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geez..
the furthest planet/object in our solar system (Pluto) is only 3.2B miles from us.
and It took Voyager 12.5yrs to reach and, recently, the New Horizons satellite took 9 1/2 yrs (2015)
 
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