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Topic: Hubble to get repairs/upgrades afterall

Cobalt60~rb

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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 05:52 pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6102690.stm turns out the reason NASA wanted to let it die in the first place was because of a ~~Policy of Fear~~ 'safety policy' for shuttle astronauts, which stated that the international space station had to be used as a safe haven for all future launches in case of damage to the heat shield on launch (ie: the policy said that the astronauts would just stay on the space station until they get rescued). but the shuttle doesn't carry enough fuel to move between orbits, from the space station to the telescope, so the telescope was out of reach; if they launched a shuttle directly to the telescope's orbit, there'd be nowhere for the astronauts to stay while NASA preps a rescue shuttle, because the space station is in a lower orbit. their solution is to prep two missions at the same time and have the rescue shuttle ready to go on a moments notice. (seems pretty simple. I wonder why nobody thought of it before ) so now Hubble is being repaired afterall. -=cheers=-
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 07:38 pm
nice!
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General
Posted: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 09:40 pm

Quote (Cobalt60 @ Nov. 03 2006, 4:52 am)

their solution is to prep two missions at the same time and have the rescue shuttle ready to go on a moments notice.
(seems pretty simple. I wonder why nobody thought of it before :old8:

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Because it is too simple an idea. They were looking for a complex solution instead of something simple.

This is good news for Hubble, means it shall be working till it gets replaced.

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Lord Dave~rb

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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 10:46 pm
Yeah, when I heard this I was ecstatic. Hubble owns and I'd hate for it to just let die.
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 02:40 am
But how expensive is it to have 2 shuttles prepped? Thats probably what held them back before..
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Lord Dave~rb

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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 02:58 am
Prepping a shuttle isn't nearly as expensive as launching it. Remember, the fuel is the most costly part and it isn't wasted if it's not used.
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 03:51 am
This is great news, although I'm sure people in the scientific community are alot more elated that me. ...and who ever said being an astronaut was supposed to be safe?
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 08:56 am
The total mission cost is $300mil US
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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General
Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 07:43 pm

Quote (Mr. B @ Nov. 02 2006, 10:51 pm)

This is great news, although I'm sure people in the scientific community are alot more elated that me.

...and who ever said being an astronaut was supposed to be safe?

Nobody, but that doesn't mean you take unnecessary risks.

But yeah, this is really good news.

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Lord Dave~rb

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Category: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force General Posted: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 08:53 pm
I think the next space telescope should be attached to the ISS. Would make alot more sense.
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