Re: Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

"Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>"steve" <steve.blaikie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I can only assume once the shuttle's flown for the last time, the tons of
>> rubbish (sorry garbage) that was returned safely to earth in the Raffaello
>> Multi-Purpose Logistics Module will now be stored in some kind of orbital
>> space fill site. Is NASA developing a Multi Purpose Cargo Return System?
>> Those gyros returned on sts114 are just the sort of items that simply wont
>> fit in Apollo mk2.
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>Why not? Just stick them inside the service module (like the SIM bay on the
>original Apollo SM). Or launch the CMG (and other spares) separately on top
>of their own service module and have the SSRMS grapple and berth the thing
>(like an MPLM) when it gets to ISS.

Which only accomplishes half the spec - now figure out how to return.

D.
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