One way to bring it back, would be to go up, and wrap it in asbestos or
like material in a cacoon like structure, and bring it back, with
maneuver rockets attached for control,a and then a few parachutes once
you get it thru the upper atmosphere?

Mike


Invid Fan wrote:

In article , Rand Simberg
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:05:58 -0600, in a place far, far away, Brian
Thorn made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a way as to indicate that:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:53:32 -0500, Mark Lopa wrote:

I agree with another post...I astronauts would jump at the opportuity to
not only fly a
mission to service the HST, but to also bring it home.

The astronaut corps evidently has already weighed-in against a Hubble
Retrieval Mission. I'm sure they'd agree to fly SM-4, but they clearly
are against risking their lives just to bring home a trophy for the
Smithsonian.

Then I'd say we need some new astronauts. They've certainly risked
their lives for lesser causes, and I'd risk my life just to go into
space.

So I'm glad you're willing to risk theirs When the new Smithsonian
museum opened it was mentioned that Hubble wouldn't be brought back
down, as iirc the shuttle has never landed with that much weight in it
and it just wasn't worth the risk. I'd like to bring it down, but I
have an image of it not tied down enough in the cargo bay and shifting
at the wrong time...

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