Sending people into space for science is questionable and expensive. But a new proposed location for space telescopes, and the inevitable maintenance missions they will require, could provide a boost for the astronaut programme.
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Do we still need astronauts?. Nature 419, 653 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419653a
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