NASA staff push to retain in-orbit repair capability
MAY 28, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023375
Washington Post : NASA’s triumphant mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope this week has cracked open a policy rift within the space agency, with a top NASA scientist saying that the US is on the way to losing the capability of doing what it has just done so dramatically.
David Leckrone, the senior project scientist for the Hubble, said NASA’s new strategy for the post–space shuttle era does not include servicing scientific instruments in space, and he fears that vast amounts of accumulated knowledge and technical expertise will quickly vanish.
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