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Before discussing how the Hubble servicing techniques were developed, it is appropriate to review of the 1972 LST Phase A design and its servicing plan and then briefly describe the main Hubble Space Telescope components and systems as they were flown and which were relevant to the service missions.
The development phase is always the serious part of the program
and is always expensive. In general the customer wants the technology
of a Formula 1 car for the price of an economy car, while the industry wants [to]
sell the technology of a small uncomfortable car for the price of a Ferrari.
Lothar Gerlach
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The concept was similar to the subsequent upgrades introduced to the shuttle during planned maintenance periods and the additional cryogenic storage tank sets carried in the payload bay during Extended Duration Orbiter missions from 1992.
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Shayler, D.J., Harland, D.M. (2016). LST becomes ST, becomes HST. In: The Hubble Space Telescope. Springer Praxis Books(). Praxis, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2827-9_4
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