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Any news on MPLMs ?
According to the unofficial manifest, it appears that the last MPLM
flight to the station will happen later this year. Any news/stories/plans to sufficently upgrade one MPLM to stay in space permanently (even if not qualified as "living quarters", it would still be very useful to store cargo) ? Couldn't they leave one up, and then add blankets to its outside like they did for Zvezda ? If inside systems fail, they can send replacements via progress/ATV since it wouldn't be big stuff (just fans, heaters, comms, sensors). If they keep the hatch closed when not being used, would such an MPLM still represent some risk to the station ? |
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Any news on MPLMs ?
John Doe writes:
According to the unofficial manifest, it appears that the last MPLM flight to the station will happen later this year. Any news/stories/plans to sufficently upgrade one MPLM to stay in space permanently (even if not qualified as "living quarters", it would still be very useful to store cargo) ? For what it's worth, that CR has been canceled. I don't know exactly why, but I'm sure that cost had something to do with it--as always. -- J. Porter Clark |
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Any news on MPLMs ?
On Mon, 05 May 2008 08:22:42 -0400, John Doe wrote:
According to the unofficial manifest, it appears that the last MPLM flight to the station will happen later this year. No. STS-126 (Nov 08), STS-128 (Jul 09) and STS-130 (Oct 09) are all MPLM flights. Brian |
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