★★★☆☆
(Space Adventure) A private space team works to rescue the Hubble Space Telescope before it burns up in the atmosphere. (7,948 words; Time: 26m)
"Hubble Rising," by C. Stuart Hardwick [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 01-02|20, published on December 19, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2020.003 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s a fairly nice hard-SF story, with plenty of complications and a satisfying technical solution.
Con: Somehow it wasn’t very exciting. Also, the snagging of Vanguard wouldn’t have worked owing to the huge difference in orbital velocities; you can’t match an elliptical with a circular orbit that way.
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Pro: It’s a fairly nice hard-SF story, with plenty of complications and a satisfying technical solution.
Con: Somehow it wasn’t very exciting. Also, the snagging of Vanguard wouldn’t have worked owing to the huge difference in orbital velocities; you can’t match an elliptical with a circular orbit that way.
Other Reviews: Search Web
C. Stuart Hardwick Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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