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NASA Urged to Reconsider Hubble Decision
Possible to do what I suggest below? Forgot to add Tech to this..
Mike Abrigon Gusiq wrote: Can you say Spray Foam? But first you do the normal, wrap in plastic, to keep the foam in, then your pump the foam in, and let it harden, not sure what would work in space? And then attach the maneuver thrusters.. Need not be fancy. Might even have some of them be the new Pulse Detonation Engine (Jets) for lower orbit.. Amneiuver thrusters might be attached to the outside of the Soyuz, I expect this will change the flight characteristics of Soyuz, how much? Is there any ways to attach on the outside of the Soyuz something? Hubble is in a different orbit from the ISS? No way to bring it closer to the ISS I suspect? But possible? Or worth it, will it still be effective if made part of the ISS? Mike "Jorge R. Frank" wrote: Abrigon Gusiq wrote in : 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... 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? *Who* goes up? There isn't going to be a shuttle mission there. Soyuz can't get there from Baikonur. Soyuz could get there from Kourou, *if* the Soyuz pad gets built there, and *if* Kourou is equipped to handle the manned Soyuz spacecraft (both of which are *far* from done deals). But even then, Soyuz doesn't have the lift capacity to carry EVA suits, much less the "coccoon-like structure with maneuver rockets" you propose to attach to HST, nor the ability to stage a standalone EVA. -- JRF |
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