Hubble Origins Probe

With 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.[1]

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.[2]

External links

• Hubble Origins Probe