Thread: 80's style Stations Modules...
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Old February 16th 08, 05:35 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.shuttle,sci.space.station
Brian Thorn[_2_]
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Default 80's style Stations Modules...
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:36:32 -0800 (PST), wrote:


Probably at least partly because longer ones would have been too heavy
for the Shuttle to get to the high-inclination ISS orbit. In the
eighties, the station was planned to be put at 28 degrees. But that's
just a guess.

Rand is right. Also $ was factor

No. The Lab and Hab shrank long before the Alpha-with-Russia days. And
Kibo is the same size as ever, so it obviously isn't too heavy for
51.6 deg.

$ was *the* factor.

Brian