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November 04, 2015

Serviceable Spacecraft Make a Comeback
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 04, 2015
Ever wonder about the future of space science? Hop inside a time machine that transports you back 40 years and you may get a good idea about where things are headed. History, it would seem, has a funny way of repeating itself. Serviceable spacecraft - like the NASA-developed Multi-Mission Modular Spacecraft (MMS) and, of course, the iconic Hubble Space Telescope that NASA conceived and developed in the 1970s with servicing in mind - are once again de rigueur. (The serviceable MMS shouldn't be conf ... read more

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