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Hubble Origins ProbeWith the rising estimated cost to service the Hubble Space Telescope, an international team led by Johns Hopkins University astronomers suggests an alternative: create a new space telescope, called the Hubble Origins Probe (HOP), that would carry instruments built for the canceled servicing mission.http://www.astronomy.com/default.aspx?c=a&id=2862 Concept The Hubble Origins Probe (HOP) is a proposed 2.4 meter free flying space telescope. The HOP concept is to replicate the design of the Hubble Space Telescope with a much lighter unaberrated mirror and optical telescope assembly, enabling a rapid path to launch, significant cost savings and risk mitigation. HOP will fly the instruments originally planned for the 4th HST servicing mission as well as a new very wide field imager, enhancing the original science mission of Hubble.http://www.pha.jhu.edu/hop/ External links
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