Hi Roger, sorry about the spelling, I knew it was wrong, but it was
pre-coffee and didn't look it up. The attachment and acceleration are the
killers, with the sunk cost in the Hubble, I don't think cost is such a
driver, what is it about $250 million to boost to Geo?
"Roger Balettie" wrote in message
...
"Chuck" wrote:
Boost it into Geo, it can still crosslink to Tedris, be further out of
the
atmosphere and won't need fuel to keep from re-entering ...

That won't work for four basic reasons (and I'm sure there are
ore...) --

1) No booster attachment on HST available
2) HST is too fragile to withstand that sort of translational
acceleration
3) VERY expensive to boost something that heavy from 300 miles to over
22,000 miles altitude
4) "TDRS" wouldn't be able to see it easily if it were at the same
altitude

Roger
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Roger Balettie
former Flight Dynamics Officer
Space Shuttle Mission Control
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