I'm old enough that, in grade school, I remember how they gathered the whole school in the auditorium to watch Mercury launches on TV, so I've lived through the saga of the Hubble. I remember the shock and disappointment of its defective optics and the joy of the repairs. It has, indeed, been a long and great career. Fixing it and boosting it to a higher orbit would make for an amazing space mission.
I'm old enough that, in grade school, I remember how they gathered the whole school in the auditorium to watch Mercury launches on TV, so I've lived through the saga of the Hubble. I remember the shock and disappointment of its defective optics and the joy of the repairs. It has, indeed, been a long and great career. Fixing it and boosting it to a higher orbit would make for an amazing space mission.