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by re-actor 1431 days ago
No currently available spacecraft can make the trip and service JWST, it's also not really intended to be serviced.
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queuebert 1431 days ago
Spitballing here ... could we de-orbit it back to Earth with what propellant remains? Then fix whatever and refill the propellant?
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brokenmachine 1429 days ago
The sunshield had a complicated unfurling sequence, I very much doubt they could fold it back up while still in orbit.
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hoseja 1431 days ago
Spaceship might (Elon time) fly this August.
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danpalmer 1431 days ago
It's "Starship", and it's unlikely to be able to get to where the JWST is in the next few years due to needing to be refuelled in orbit. Plus they have no payload bay design. Then there's the robotics necessary for doing a repair, or human-rating Starship, either of which is years worth of time.
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hoseja 1431 days ago
Oh yea. Much less memorable than BFS.
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