The translation is that the science community never liked human servicing of Hubble despite the demonstrated benefits. So JWST was designed to make this as difficult as possible, including its location. They will live to regret this decision.
Studies to evaluate benefits, practicality & cost of servicing Webb (by human space flight, robotic missions, or some combo like retrieval to low-Earth orbit) showed potential benefits don't offset the increases in mission complexity, mass & cost. https://jwst.nasa.gov/faq.html#serviceable …
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