A private mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope will be launched in a last minute press conference.
The billionaire in question was the founder of the Polaris Program. He restricted his remarks to announcing a study on the feasibility of such a mission. It was clear that the goal was to service the telescope.
It's exciting to think about the possibility of extending the life and capabilities of one of our greatest explorers, with Hubble's mission now online.
The Hubble is showing how old it is. It ran into a serious issue with its computer system that had NASA officials biting their thumbs before figuring out a fix. While on the Inspiration4 mission, he and three crewmates took a several-day space vacation in the Crew Dragon module.
He made his fortune in online payments. He earned his place in the history books by placing the first sports bet from space, but he isn't an official with the company or an engineer, scientist, or career astronauts. It's odd for a person who doesn't have those awards to want to service old NASA equipment.
It's possible that the billionaire's sights are set on the Hubble in order to distance himself from his reputation as a space tourist.
One of the greatest exploration assets of all time is the Hubble Space Telescope.
The reporters pressed him on the topic of his qualifications.
He said he was happy to be on the phone.
NASA and SpaceX emphasized the importance of private-public cooperation in their goal of a multiplanetary future for mankind. NASA appears to be equally enthusiastic to hand the Hubble project off to a commercial venture as Isaacman is.
Thomas Zurbuchen said that it was an idea that was ready to be had.
There are more amazing views of the asteroid collision that have been released by the Hubble.
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