"back when NASA had the capability to reach it"
Doesn't that summarise an issue a lot more basic than than a borked memory bank or another component?
Sad as I am to read of problems on Hubble (as a former astrophysicist who branched out into other fields I think I've earned a claim to being particularly sensitive here) this loss of an even more basic capability makes me sadder still.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
