Re: Brainstorm -- Uses for a small 'construction shack' in 28deg LEO

davida_at_cwo.com
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: 13 Dec 2004 20:01:15 -0800

Well, the smart thing for NASA to do is to ONLY launch the Safe
Haven/construction shack if a Shuttle that was servicing HST suffered
some sort of distress that required a 2nd Shuttle to be launched on a
rescue mission. I would guess that maybe only one in a 100 Shuttles
would require rescue, so it would be more effective to keep the Safe
Haven on the ground until it was needed. Come to think of it, a Safe
Haven that could be launched on a contingency basis would be useful for
*any* Shuttle mission, even those that go to ISS.

On the other hand, to answer your question about using the Safe Haven
after a Shuttle mission, I don't know if any of the Architecture
studies being conducted by Code T (Exploration) are featuring Earth
Orbit rendezvous in any manner that could benefit from a construction
shack. Most seem to use robotic assembly.

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