[extropy-chat] Soyuz Hubble Repair Mission

[Bret Kulakovich]

Greetings,

ISS is @ 51- 52, Hubble is either 28.5 or 32 (?)

A shuttle doesn't have enough reserves in RCS/OMS to do both.

Bret Kulakovich



On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Technotranscendence wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:50 PM Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
> wrote:
>> My recommendation is instead is for the USAF
>> to orbit the Orbital Transfer Vehicle they
>> developed several years ago at Phillips Lab
>> and never launched, hook that up to Hubble,
>> and use it to move Hubble to the ISS for
>> servicing. It could then be used to put Hubble
>> into a much higher orbit as well and enable it
>> to return to ISS in the future for servicing,
>> refuelling, etc.
>
> Not a bad idea, but...  What orbit is the Hubble on in relation to the
> ISS?  How easy would be to change orbital planes -- assuming they're 
> not
> on the orbit?  How far along was the OTV in development?  (My
> Soyuz-Progress suggestion has the benefit that both vehicles are well
> tested and routinely used, so there's no much new development needed.)
>
> BTW, it'd be nice to see the ISS used for something -- other than just 
> a
> place to put people to barely maintain the ISS.
>
>> The Phillips OTV uses passive solar thermal
>> power to run a plasma engine.
>
> Has it been tested in space?
>
> Finally, my actual recommend is that NO repair or replacement mission 
> is
> funded and that interested parties start looking to other alternatives,
> especially private space telescopes.  This might increase interest in
> something like the SpaceDev ILO project and shift more focus to private
> space development.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Dan
>     See "Ust Contra Tebye" at:
> http://uweb1.superlink.net/~neptune/Tebye1.html
>
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