re hst servicing mission in article apr stsci edu zellner stsci edu writes i have never heard of any serious consideration that hst might be brought down for refurbishment you would have the horrendous cost of transporting back in january and february there were several articles wash post time saying that nasa was considering the option just as it is now considering a followup mission months after the servicing mission however the down time was estimated to be a year servicing checkout sceheduling and training another shuttle orbit verification and to be quite expensive i think it may have been more a mental exercise than a real plan don t know robert dempsey stsci podps he which hath no stomach for this fight let him depart his passport shall be made and crowns for convoy put into his purse we would not die in this man s company that fears his fellowship to die with us shakespeare
