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Comment Re:Can Anybody Even Fix a Thirty-Year-Old Computer (Score 1) 111

Why retire a billion-dollar space telescope when it is still working? That seems a bit like throwing a way a perfectly good laptop because it isn't the newest and thinest model anymore. NASA currently has two follow-on missions from Hubble: JWST, which is scheduled to launch in mid-late November; and The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will probably not launch until at least 2025.

Comment Re:Does this exist in the US? (Score 1) 88

The repairability index is explained here.
https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/i...

The key criteria are
The calculation of the repairability index of each product model is based on five criteria.

- Documentation: score determined by the producer's commitment to make technical documents available free of charge, in number of years, to repairers and consumers.
- Disassembly and access, tools, fasteners: score determined by the ease of disassembly of the product, the type of tools required and the characteristics of the fasteners.
- Availability of spare parts: score determined by the producer's commitment to the availability of spare parts and the time of their delivery.
- Spare parts price: score determined by the ratio between the selling price of spare parts and the price of the product.
- Specific: score determined by sub-criteria specific to the product category concerned.

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