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I've had a crazy thought of SpaceX taking control of this industry, similarly to StarLink. An enormous percentage (like 90%+) of requests to Hubble, JWTC, etc get denied, so the market is seemingly there. Plus, maybe the data ends up being useful for training Grok 5 or whatever.

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JWST is a taxpayer funded science mission, and the science run on the observatory isn't a pay-per-use model. I don't think a second JWST available for hire would see anywhere near the demand JWST currently fields.

An enormous percentage (like 90%+) of requests to Hubble, JWTC, etc get denied, so the market is seemingly there.

What is the TAM? Would it be worth it?

However, considering that the Hubble was developed from spy satellite tech, could this also happen in reverse? What uses would a 9m mirror telescope have in terms of ground observation? Would the US government allow such a thing to go up and be available for hire?

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