[btmiller]

Who cares that Starship is a SpaceX property. Focus on the capability - which no one else has - and the ends - Hubble sitting in a museum instead of burning up in the lithosphere. You want to dislike SpaceX then go ahead, I don’t think anyone here would strongly discourage you from exploring that. But I truly challenge you to find another more economical solution to bring Hubble home.

[pnut]

I believe lithobraking is a joke euphemism for "crashing into the ground"

[Eelongate]

Correct, the 'lithosphere' is the Earth's crust.

[btmiller]

I fell victim to the memes! Thanks for the new knowledge :)