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Old March 12th 05, 03:17 AM
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Jorge R. Frank wrote:
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Damon Hill wrote:

Hubble is dying after having served us so well;
time to put our efforts into a replacement.


Please send my some links of equipment that could replace Hubble.


I'm not Damon, but here's a link anyway:

http://www.pha.jhu.edu/hop/

HOP would definitely be both cheaper and more likely to succeed than

HST
robotic servicing.

An HST shuttle servicing mission would be more likely to succeed than

HOP,
and the costs look to be pretty much a wash.
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Jorge,

I understand sometimes you have to make way for better things, but in a
plug and play world I believe that NASA training of personnel is great.
Maybe I'm making light of things but if I want to service my washer
dryer let not make a production about it. Training the personell to do
the task is the what is important reosurce. When I was a little boy,
my brother brought me a Radio Shack electronic radio. The same day I
got antoher radio but a better model. Do I through away the lesser
model or can I use it to compare and contrast information?

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Old March 12th 05, 06:15 PM
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"Daydreamer99" wrote in
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Jorge R. Frank wrote:
"Daydreamer99" wrote in
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Damon Hill wrote:

Hubble is dying after having served us so well;
time to put our efforts into a replacement.

Please send my some links of equipment that could replace Hubble.


I'm not Damon, but here's a link anyway:

http://www.pha.jhu.edu/hop/

HOP would definitely be both cheaper and more likely to succeed than

HST
robotic servicing.

An HST shuttle servicing mission would be more likely to succeed than

HOP,
and the costs look to be pretty much a wash.


I understand sometimes you have to make way for better things, but in a
plug and play world I believe that NASA training of personnel is great.


Thanks! :-)

Maybe I'm making light of things but if I want to service my washer
dryer let not make a production about it. Training the personell to do
the task is the what is important reosurce.


It may be an important resource, but it's not the biggest cost driver. In
the case of HST servicing, getting the personnel safely to and from the
worksite is the biggest cost driver.

When I was a little boy,
my brother brought me a Radio Shack electronic radio. The same day I
got antoher radio but a better model. Do I through away the lesser
model or can I use it to compare and contrast information?


The cost of ownership of a radio is trivial, so if you've got room in your
house to store it, I say "go for it."

Now, did your dad do the same thing with cars? When he bought a new car,
did he keep the old one (or all the old ones, if you owned more than one
car)? Probably not - otherwise you'd wind up with a front yard full of old
cars. Keeping a bunch of old cars in running condition is expensive. So
most people trade in their oldest car when they buy a new one.

In the case of HST, the analogy is not an old car in your driveway - it's
an old car that is off on the side of the highway hundreds of miles away,
and the only repairman who has a truck to reach your car is going to charge
you the cost of a new car to go fix your old one.

Does it still make sense to fix the old car, or spend the money on a new
one with a warranty and everything?

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Old March 12th 05, 07:47 PM
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On 12 Mar 2005 17:15:07 GMT, "Jorge R. Frank"
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Does it still make sense to fix the old car, or spend the money on a new
one with a warranty and everything?


....If the old car is a 1966 George Barris Batmobile, the answer's
quite simple, actually.

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Old March 13th 05, 06:45 PM
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Well I don't want to get caught up analogies but let the kids drive the
old car. LOH

What I'm getting at I understand safety is the first thing to worry
about. But I'm looking for a routine. I not a flight expert, but what
routine things that a crew should know.
1. How to launch.
2. How to land.
3. How to fly in space with fuel consumption in mind.

Next you have you specialty people to complete the task at hand. I
know each mission failure sometime be small. But don't have a fear of
failure.

Our discussion boils down to we have been crawling for a while lets
walk.

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Old March 13th 05, 09:06 PM
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"Daydreamer99" wrote in
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Well I don't want to get caught up analogies but let the kids drive the
old car. LOH


Again, would you still feel that way if the repairman tells you it will
cost as much, or more, to fix the old car than to buy a new one?

What I'm getting at I understand safety is the first thing to worry
about. But I'm looking for a routine. I not a flight expert, but what
routine things that a crew should know.
1. How to launch.
2. How to land.
3. How to fly in space with fuel consumption in mind.

Next you have you specialty people to complete the task at hand. I
know each mission failure sometime be small. But don't have a fear of
failure.


I don't have a fear of failure. I favor sending a shuttle to HST. But
nothing you've written addresses the real risks or the real costs. Training
has little to do with either, in this case.

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Old March 14th 05, 04:10 AM
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Jorge R. Frank wrote:
"Daydreamer99" wrote in
ups.com:

Well I don't want to get caught up analogies but let the kids drive

the
old car. LOH


Again, would you still feel that way if the repairman tells you it

will
cost as much, or more, to fix the old car than to buy a new one?

What I'm getting at I understand safety is the first thing to worry
about. But I'm looking for a routine. I not a flight expert, but

what
routine things that a crew should know.
1. How to launch.
2. How to land.
3. How to fly in space with fuel consumption in mind.

Next you have you specialty people to complete the task at hand. I
know each mission failure sometime be small. But don't have a fear

of
failure.


I don't have a fear of failure. I favor sending a shuttle to HST. But


nothing you've written addresses the real risks or the real costs.

Training
has little to do with either, in this case.

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Old March 14th 05, 04:15 AM
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I like our conversations. If you have the time enlighten me.

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Old March 17th 05, 05:56 AM
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"Daydreamer99" wrote in
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I like our conversations. If you have the time enlighten me.


Any subject in particular, or enlightenment in general? :-)

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Old March 20th 05, 12:48 AM
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rk wrote:

Any subject in particular, or enlightenment in general? :-)



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So that's it...and I thought it was 23... ;-)

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