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could they do both? launch the hop and continue to allow hubble to orbit, with slightly less the amount of service (lol, which from right now wouldnt be much.)
i dunno. im still all for the hubble.
(*~*) megan (*~*)
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it's a time to move on.
Without a servicing mission of some kind, either robotic or human, Hubble is going to come down. Hubble was designed to be periodically repaired and have new euipment installed by Astonauts. The two main obstacles that Hubble faces are failing gyroscopes and failing batteries. Although a servicing mission of any kind has been canceled, hubble is not being shut down, and it'll contuimue to orperated until the gyerscopes fail and the batteries die. Then it will have to be safely deorbited into the Earth's atmosphere. Please understand that I am for the continuation of Hubble, but we have to choose our battles and Sean O'Keefe has canceled the next hubble servicing mission. To me, the Hubble Orgins Probe seems like a great idea, since it will use the new parts of Hubble that were meant for this next servicing mission, and are already made, just hanging out at Ball Aerospace. Also, the HOP is not dependent on human servicing missions or robotic technology. So I say go for the HOP, but let's continue to use Hubble for as long as we can.
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thats where i am too. i like both plans. but i think it would be beneficial (i know, not realistic since o'keefe made his decisions) to service the hubble once more, replace the batteries, and then let it die.
(*~*) megan (*~*)
it's a time to seize the moment.
it's a time to move on.
its not the fact that there wouldnt be anything for awhile. its that hubble can do one last cycle before it dies. i dunno. the hop sounds good too. just im kinda attached to the hubble.
(*~*) megan (*~*)
it's a time to seize the moment.
it's a time to move on.
Michael Griffin, the new NASA administrator, has said he'd like to reevaluate the Hubble situation after RTF, so it'll be interesting to see how that develops.
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