Hubble Servicing Mission #4 |
Hubble Servicing Mission #4 |
Jun 13 2008, 06:47 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
You HAVE to go look at this new video... the hairs on your neck will literally stand up.
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Jun 26 2008, 05:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
I think something like that is on the potential Shuttle launch manifest in 2010. Budget woes are preventing the Russians from building the Research Modules that would have been docked to the Russian segment of the ISS. Instead, they are now talking about a Russian "Mini-Research Module" to be launched by the Shuttle and docked to the nadir port of Zarya. I will be very interested to see the proposal for how they would get that module out of the docked Shuttle and put it at the other end of the Station. I don't think there are Canadarm 2 grapple points on the Russian segment, and I'm not sure the Canadarm 2 can reach that far. That is, unless the Shuttle were to dock at Node 3 (below Unity) and somehow move the MRM over from there.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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