Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to I wasn't talking about the current mission

Yes, they did it a few times in the 1980s

Mainly, they did it to develop and prove the techniques. I think they did it for 3 satellites before the Challenger disaster. It certainly isn't economically worthwhile to launch a mission that costs about $500 million to save a satellite worth perhaps $100-200 million. NASA did it the previous times on the taxpayer's dime. I doubt the Europeans will be willing to foot the bill and I'd be rather upset if NASA wasted that much of our money for a European (or US) commercial venture.

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