From: jrfrank@ibm-pc.borg.retro.com   
      
   zoltanccc@aol.com (Zoltan Szakaly) wrote in   
   news:58866faa.0401242300.3d5be50@posting.google.com:   
      
   > I worked out the numbers:   
   >   
   > Assuming an ion engine with a thrust of 1 N (about a 5th of a pound)   
   > it would take about a year to move the Hubble and the propellant mass   
   > would be about 40kg. The electrical power used would be 100kW   
      
   Hubble's solar panels provide about 5.27 kW.   
      
   100 kW is more electrical power than ISS has at Assembly Complete. That's a   
   lot of solar arrays.   
      
      
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