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martin griffith
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:58 am Post subject:
"Hubble is a spacecraft that is dying" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
martin
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Richard the Dreaded Liber
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
Re: "Hubble is a spacecraft that is dying" |
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:58:41 +0100, martin griffith wrote:
They could suspend military operations for a day. That'd pay for NASA
about ten times over.
Cheres!
Rich |
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Keith Williams
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject:
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In article <ab5Od.29733$Yu.13029@fed1read01>, x@y.z says...
| Quote: | martin griffith wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
martin
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Sell it to the CIA - they will point it at earth in hopes of spotting
Ossama Bin Laden.
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Why? The Hubble is essentially a Keyhole pointed the other way. They
already got lots of them. ;-)
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Keith
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Luhan Monat
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:48 pm Post subject:
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martin griffith wrote:
| Quote: | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
martin
Serious error.
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Sell it to the CIA - they will point it at earth in hopes of spotting
Ossama Bin Laden.
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"The future is not what it used to be..."
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TCS
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:22 am Post subject:
Re: "Hubble is a spacecraft that is dying" |
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:48:05 -0800, Luhan Monat <x@y.z> wrote:
| Quote: | martin griffith wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
martin
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Sell it to the CIA - they will point it at earth in hopes of spotting
Ossama Bin Laden.
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They couldn't find OBL if he walked into the front door of cia headquarters
and had announced his intentions a week earlier. |
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Ken Smith
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:
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In article <uflf011nddv6fjgosbvgl1dnng60ookdos@4ax.com>,
martin griffith <martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Can China reach the HST with a Long March? If so we could out source the
job.
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kensmith@rahul.net forging knowledge |
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Reg Edwards
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | Bush doesn't want to find OBL. If he does, he won't have 9/11 as the
excuse to invade Iran.
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If George and Tony told the truth about the real reason for an invasion of
Iran, nobody, not even the Iranians and international oil corporations would
believe it.
Beware of such dirty tricks! |
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John Woodgate
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject:
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Ken Smith
<kensmith@green.rahul.net> wrote (in <cud7ri$hga$3@blue.rahul.net>)
about '"Hubble is a spacecraft that is dying"', on Wed, 9 Feb 2005:
| Quote: | Can China reach the HST with a Long March? If so we could out source
the job.
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Does it have EVA capability? It doesn't have any manual handling or
docking. And NASA's tether supplier has had quality problems in the
past. (;-)
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The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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TCS
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject:
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:48:18 +0000 (UTC), Ken Smith <kensmith@green.rahul.net> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <uflf011nddv6fjgosbvgl1dnng60ookdos@4ax.com>,
martin griffith <martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
Can China reach the HST with a Long March? If so we could out source the
job.
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Any country that isn't actively killing off it's space program can reach
the HST. The thing should be sold to a country that will care for it. |
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Spehro Pefhany
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:48:18 +0000 (UTC), the renowned
kensmith@green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
| Quote: | In article <uflf011nddv6fjgosbvgl1dnng60ookdos@4ax.com>,
martin griffith <martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4244451.stm
I'm a great fan of "science", couldn't NASA sell the HST to Richard
Branson?
Can China reach the HST with a Long March? If so we could out source the
job.
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Maybe the Chang2 Zheng1 2F booster & their Shenzhou spacecraft could.
They could probably do the job for more like the $75 million dollars
budgeted (partly on a Canadian robotic de-orbiting system) to destroy
the HST, not the $1bn that the servicing mission is supposed to cost.
But that wouldn't happen.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Spehro Pefhany
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:15:08 +0000, the renowned John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:
| Quote: | I read in sci.electronics.design that Ken Smith
kensmith@green.rahul.net> wrote (in <cud7ri$hga$3@blue.rahul.net>)
about '"Hubble is a spacecraft that is dying"', on Wed, 9 Feb 2005:
Can China reach the HST with a Long March? If so we could out source
the job.
Does it have EVA capability? It doesn't have any manual handling or
docking. And NASA's tether supplier has had quality problems in the
past. (;-)
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They are apparently currently planning their first EVA for 2007- that
is getting close to the edge of the window for Hubble, even in
life-extension mode. The mission of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft (slated
for this fall) will be similar to V but with two astronauts and a
longer time in orbit.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Emanual Kann
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject:
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:01:39 -0500, nutjob repukelican, Keith Williams
wrote:
| Quote: | In article <ab5Od.29733$Yu.13029@fed1read01>, x@y.z says...
Sell it to the CIA - they will point it at earth in hopes of spotting
Ossama Bin Laden.
Why? The Hubble is essentially a Keyhole pointed the other way. They
already got lots of them. ;-)
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Bush doesn't want to find OBL. If he does, he won't have 9/11 as the
excuse to invade Iran. |
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