[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-nasa-asks-companies-for-ideas-to-extend-hubbles-life":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},13029,"nasa-asks-companies-for-ideas-to-extend-hubbles-life","NASA Asks Companies for Ideas to Extend Hubble's Life","With reentry expected by 2034 and several onboard malfunctions, NASA is asking commercial space firms for proposals to extend the telescope's life.","NASA is asking commercial space companies how they would extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is expected to reenter the atmosphere by 2034.\n\nThat date is the clock. Hubble's orbit is slowly decaying, and left alone it is expected to come down by 2034. The telescope has also developed several malfunctions on board. NASA's request is for proposals, so what exists today is an open call to industry for ideas, not a chosen plan.\n\nThe two problems are not the same, and that shapes what a good answer looks like. Reentry is a question of altitude. The malfunctions are a question of aging hardware. A company that could only push Hubble into a higher orbit would buy time, but it would not fix what is already failing aboard. Extending the telescope's life in a meaningful way likely means addressing both, or accepting that Hubble keeps working in a diminished state.\n\nThe open question is whether any proposal can handle the orbit and the failing hardware together, or whether NASA ends up choosing which problem to solve first.","[\"hubble\",\"nasa\",\"space\",\"commercial-space\"]","2026-11-13T10:00:00.000Z","2026-11-13T13:27:21.664Z","2026-11-13T13:28:16.494Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the leftover process text ('The source material does not say what a rescue would involve, what it would cost, or when NASA wants answers') and either resolve or drop that gap; also cut or verify unsourced claims (1990 launch, 2009 last servicing, 2011 shuttle retirement, 'vehicles NASA does not own'), and fix the headline\u002Fdek mismatch ('keep Hubble aloft past 2034' vs. 'expected 2034 reentry' and 'extend life') so the framing matches the body and the speculative inferences are supported.","resolved","science",[32,33,34,35],"hubble","nasa","space","commercial-space",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Wired","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fnasa-wants-to-keep-the-hubble-space-telescope-afloat\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,58,63,68,73,77,82,87,92,97,101,106],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",7151,"2026-11-13T11:05:00.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",1132,"2026-11-12T15:35:00.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Deals","deals",654,"2026-11-13T13:07:23.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Policy","policy",622,"2026-11-13T11:00:00.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",370,"2026-11-12T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Hardware","hardware",338,"2026-11-13T12:42:43.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":30,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science",232,"2026-11-13T12:00:40.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",172,"2026-11-13T11:04:24.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",160,"2026-11-12T17:31:47.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",120,"2026-11-13T11:33:19.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":18},"Gaming","gaming",109,{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]