relic2279 t1_isu0nxc wrote on October 18, 2022 at 6:18 PM

Reply to comment by NotAnotherNekopan in NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture by jeffsmith202

> there's a lot of tasks we just can't do without it

We couldn't have fixed the hubble without it. It carried and helped install COSTAR which was as big as a telephone booth. Fun Fact: The guy who came up with the solution did so while in a hotel shower - he noted the way the shower head was mounted and installed and it gave him the idea. Source.