Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- From: John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 14:39:07 -0700
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
.
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- From: Eeyore
- Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- From: Rich Grise
- Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- From: Phil Hobbs
- Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- References:
- OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- From: Martin Riddle
- OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- Prev by Date: Re: Any Christian Electronic Designers Here?
- Next by Date: Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- Previous by thread: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- Next by thread: Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
