Re: How many Shuttle flights planned?

Hubble was DESIGNED to be returned by shuttle...

Astronauts said they are willing to risk life for service flight but no
return it flight.

YES hubble should be boosted to high storage orbit for the day it can
be recovered and displayed or displayed in orbit as part of a tourist
flight.

here we have hubble boosted into this orbit at its end of life, later
we will see a saturn 5 second stage recovered from heliospheric orbit,
nearby is snoopy the apollo LM ascent stage also recovered from
heliospheric orbit. the museum flight is one of our most popular.

then we will be leaving for the moon flyby portion, we get within 80
miles of the lunart surface. sadlyt we dont land but over half of all
tourists that do the flyby later return for the moon landing flight
andwe now have the new moon hotel with swimming pool.

those of you who opt for a landing flight later are in for a real treat

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