This argument is not right. It is not valid also to compare it to a computer or aircraft projects. The development of Hubble led to a unique architecture, not to mass production. It would take a long time to build another one. So, fixing it in space, even if required a lot of money, was necessary or a lot of fundamental research would be long delayed.
2012/5/26 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > Randy Wuller <[email protected]> wrote: > > You could have replaced the Hubble many time over for the cost of the >> Shuttle and its operation. >> > > That is true. See the book "Hubble Wars." The cost of the Shuttle mission > to repair the Hubble was greater than the cost of launching a new Hubble > would have been. I regret to say this, but it was a publicity stunt. > > - Jed > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
