Hubble service back on robotically

Cause it to drop on Baghdad or where?

To tempting, but had to say it.

Mike

EAC wrote:

(bob haller) wrote in message ...
O'Keefe said NASA engineers are vetting several suggestions for a robotic
mission to replace the gyroscopes and batteries aboard the scientific
instrument. The mission would allow the Hubble to continue scanning the
universe beyond 2006 or 2007.


http://www.floridatoday.com/news/spa...yN0422NASA.htm

At what point do we no longer need humans?
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My opinion is right

Well... It doesn't matter much if Hubble will continue or not, since
that new space telescopes can do much better than Hubble, plus
building and launching them probably would be cheaper than servicing
Hubble.

What's the matter is the fate of Hubble AFTER it reached the end of
its service, it will come down in an uncontrolled re-entry.

There are things that could be done before Hubble fall:

- Took Hubble down with the Space Shuttle (doesn't necessary have to
be the current STS), it will then either put into a museum, or
refurbished and relaunched (like the Palapa B-2 which later become the
Palapa B-2R).

- Fire an ICBM at Hubble to blow it up into pieces, the remaining
smaller pieces will then burned up in re-entry. Consider it a target
practice for NEO asteroid heading for Earth.

- Do nothing and let it burn up on its own, pieces fall down with a
chance of causing destructing to human community and killing people,
defame N.A.S.A., defame the U.S.A., used as an excuse to reform
N.A.S.A., used as an excuse to reform the U.S.A. and so on.

Unfortunately, there's a good chance that the last option is the one
could happen.

As for a for robotic mission.

It's correct that the Hubble is meant to be service only by humans and
the Space Shuttle.

However, using this thing below might be a good chance to demonstrate
on how the technology could be applied,

http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/

Anyone want to hire Boba Fett for a job?

One the other hand, this particular thing requires an almost instant
communication to perform flawlessly like a human. It was designed to
be operated outside the spacecraft, with the human operator inside the
spacecraft.

On Fri, 14 May 2004 16:40:40 -0800, Abrigon Gusiq
wrote, in part:

Cause it to drop on Baghdad or where?

Our friends are in Baghdad. Fallujah, maybe.

John Savard
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html