Compared to the squandered money used for the ISS, this seems to be a good idea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63084707
On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:31:40 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
Compared to the squandered money used for the ISS, this seems to be a good >> idea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63084707
It's interesting that the article noted that while servicing, as well as boosting into
a higher orbit, was possible, the servicing could not match in complexity the >Shuttle missions of the past.
If it was possible to build the Space Shuttle in the past, then clearly we have the
technology to build something as good or better today. Of course, aside from the
fatal accidents involving the Shuttle, it was controversial in its day as being overly
expensive because it was designed largely to serve military uses.
So it was the perfect vehicle to create a boondoggle like the ISS, but it was not
particularly useful for going to the Moon or Mars. So not starting a program to
build an updated Shuttle just to have more servicing capability for Hubble is >probably the right decision.
On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:31:40 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
Compared to the squandered money used for the ISS, this seems to be a good idea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63084707It's interesting that the article noted that while servicing, as well as boosting into
a higher orbit, was possible, the servicing could not match in complexity the Shuttle missions of the past.
If it was possible to build the Space Shuttle in the past, then clearly we have the
technology to build something as good or better today. Of course, aside from the
fatal accidents involving the Shuttle, it was controversial in its day as being overly
expensive because it was designed largely to serve military uses.
So it was the perfect vehicle to create a boondoggle like the ISS, but it was not
particularly useful for going to the Moon or Mars. So not starting a program to
build an updated Shuttle just to have more servicing capability for Hubble is probably the right decision.
On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:31:40 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
Compared to the squandered money used for the ISS, this seems to be a good idea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63084707It's interesting that the article noted that while servicing, as well as boosting into
a higher orbit, was possible, the servicing could not match in complexity the Shuttle missions of the past.
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