Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch

John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 10 May 2009 17:02:39 -0400, "Martin Riddle"
<martin_rid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Apparently this will never happen again. Because of the Hubble service mission, Endeavour is ready in case a rescue is needed since they are not going to the space station.

see thumbnail 9 for a view of pads 39 A & B

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html

Cheers



Crazy. For the price of one repair trip, we could have funded dozens
of ground-based telescopes with resolution superior to Hubble and many
decades of lifetime each. Throw in a few expendable UV and gamma-ray
satellites too.

Pity the space station isn't usable as a telescope platform. At least
it might claim to have a use.

Read Chaisson's book, The Hubble Wars.

John


The whole space thing isn't a scientific endeavour, it's a military one at bottom. That's why the scientists have been puzzled by the priorities from day 1.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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