Re: Telemanipulator revolution at NASA?
From: curlyQlink (paulfxfoley_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/27/04
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:16:28 GMT
"Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@ibm-pc.borg> wrote in message
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> I don't think you understood. O'Keefe isn't cancelling all shuttle
flights,
> just the one shuttle flight (HST SM-4) that is not docking with ISS. There
> will still be thirty or so shuttle flights dedicated to ISS assembly and
> resupply.
No, I understand that O'Keefe's decision only applies to the one mission.
The announcement just prompted me to get on my soapbox about the shuttle and
manned spaceflight in general.
The shuttle looks to me like a costly failure, and costly not only in terms
of dollars. An instrument like the Hubble (and Cassini, and the Mars
rovers...) are shining successes. And even when they aren't, nobody gets
killed when they fail. The policy choice here seems a no-brainer.
The space station itself strikes me as another huge mistake, little more
than a project to justify the shuttle, and vice versa.
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