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The only equipment designed for the task was the Shuttle. Hubble was designed and built for the Shuttle's service bay. So we haven't had equipment "designed" for this task since the Shuttle was decommissioned in 2011.
The whole point of the research in 2022 was to see about designing new equipment that would work with Dragon.
Yeah, that's basically what I said above. Designing a shuttle replacement is a huge task. I can't imagine a dragon capsule will be easy to build out to perform the same functions. It's unfortunate that all the attempts to build a shuttle replacement have failed.
if it's any consolation, in the al gore wins 2000 timeline they're on Super Shuttle, the next generation of SSTs, and multiple Hubbles now orbit.
Along with a moon base and a stable climate.