Think you can save the Hubble Space Telescope? NASA wants to know.

What happened: NASA issued a Request For Information asking commercial companies for ideas on how to reboost, service, or dispose of the Hubble Space Telescope. Key numbers: Hubble has been in orbit 36 years. NASA last raised its orbit in 2002. Responses are due November 30. NASA seeks boosting to at least 373 miles (600 km). Why it matters: Left alone, the observatory will plunge back into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s. Hubble has steadily lost altitude since the shuttle fleet retired.

NASA issued a Request For Information asking commercial companies for ideas on how to reboost, service, or dispose of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Left alone, the observatory will plunge back into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s. Hubble has steadily lost altitude since the shuttle fleet retired.