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 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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Jul 13 2008, 04:44 PM
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The original plan was to bring Hubble back, actually. It went away after the Columbia accident, mostly because mooring the Hubble properly (and prepping it for return) requires EVAs, and all of the Shuttles except for Columbia had their built-in airlocks removed. For ISS operations, the airlock is part of the docking adapter, which extends into the payload bay.
The add-on airlock makes the remaining space in the payload bay shorter than Hubble -- so none of the Shuttles currently flying can fit both an airlock *and* the Hubble in their payload bays. Without Columbia, you'd have to do an expensive re-fit of one of the existing orbiters to add back the internal airlock in order to bring Hubble back. And that's just not cost-effective by any stretch of the imagination. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Stu Hubble Servicing Mission #4 Jun 13 2008, 06:47 AM
ilbasso QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 13 2008, 01:47 AM) You H... Jun 13 2008, 02:15 PM ElkGroveDan Wow! Thanks for that Stu. Jun 13 2008, 02:53 PM jmjawors How strange. Doesn't work for me either. ... Jun 13 2008, 03:18 PM
ugordan Interesting. At work, I could access the page hold... Jun 13 2008, 03:36 PM ilbasso Found it! Of course, it was on YouTube here. ... Jun 24 2008, 12:51 AM brellis That music was cool, too. Jun 24 2008, 02:48 AM David Thanks! That was fun to watch. I suspect tha... Jun 26 2008, 02:50 AM ilbasso Well said! You don't have a feel for what... Jun 26 2008, 03:16 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 26 2008, 07:16 AM) W... Jun 26 2008, 03:57 PM lyford QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 26 2008, 08:16 AM) T... Jun 26 2008, 04:09 PM ilbasso Conjures up visions of the capsule-eating rocket i... Jun 26 2008, 04:21 PM dvandorn Well.. at one point, someone did conclude that, wi... Jun 26 2008, 04:26 PM ilbasso I think something like that is on the potential Sh... Jun 26 2008, 05:53 PM jmjawors There's talk of installing at least one PDGF o... Jun 26 2008, 06:46 PM PhilCo126 Saving Hubble ... some enthusiast believe NASA mig... Jul 13 2008, 12:29 PM jmjawors I *believe* the docking adapter is being removed f... Jul 13 2008, 07:29 PM hendric How about just the mirror? I know, I know, there... Jul 14 2008, 06:13 AM jmjawors I doubt any part of Hubble will survive re-entry. ... Jul 14 2008, 06:33 AM hendric QUOTE (jmjawors @ Jul 14 2008, 12:33 AM) ... Jul 14 2008, 07:34 AM djellison The mirror will survive, but that's about it.
... Jul 14 2008, 07:22 AM jmjawors Wow, I'm surprised to learn that. That's ... Jul 14 2008, 02:55 PM PhilCo126 Can't wait to see the mission getting started:... Aug 6 2008, 03:52 PM PhilCo126 Here’s a superb artist’ impression of the HST:
htt... Aug 7 2008, 08:04 PM PhilCo126 Just read some interesting statistics on micro-met... Aug 23 2008, 10:07 AM |
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