Kepler has been extremely successful and valuable. It now running out of fuel was to be expected.
However, why is there no plan to re-fuel it, since it only requires a few gallons.
Launches have never been cheaper, and I would've though it wouldn't be to difficult/expensive to piggyback on a launch with something with the dimensions of the latest cubesats carrying a few gallons of fuel.
I understand that 1) possibly(?) Kepler was never designed to be refueled, thus it doesn't have a simple fuel-intake. 2) It's far away, and not easy to get to, but with patience a viable launch window should open up eventually, right?
Sorry for the possibly stupid question, but I wonder what the reasons are for not re-fueling it.
Submitted October 31, 2018 at 07:26AM by Syrion_Wraith https://ift.tt/2JyDz1v
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