[dylan604]

But why? Just take one of the extra satellites provided to NASA by NRO to hang in musuems. Slap a NASA and Hubble sticker on it, and the tourists will flock to it. Let the actual one burn up on re-entry and save everyone billions of dollars.

[Causality1]

That's a great argument if it required a shuttle launch at 1.5 billion a pop. But modern rockets like Starship are a lot cheaper. Musk's $2 million number is probably horseshit but according to David Todd, the Seradata satellite market analyst, Starship launch cost could come in at $10 million. I'd say $10 million to bring Hubble home is worth it.