[extropy-chat] OTV Hubble Rescue Mission?

[Dan]

Here's a reply to Mike Lorrey that was posted to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/howtobuildaspacehabitat/

Dan

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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: [How to build a Space Habitat] Re: Soyuz Hubble Repair
Mission--reply from Mike Lorrey

--- In howtobuildaspacehabitat at yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <neptune at s...>
wrote:
> Another cross-post...
> From: "Mike Lorrey" mlorrey at y...
> To: "ExI chat list" extropy-chat at l...
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Soyuz Hubble Repair Mission
>
> Of course it doesn't. ISS got put where it is so the Russians could
> launch as much cargo to it as possible from their high latitude
> sites, while the Hubble is where it is because its allows the most
> cargo to be lifted there from launches at Cape Canaveral. Since the
> shuttle isn't going to the Hubble any more, we should either start
> launching Soyuz from the Cape, or move the shuttles to Siberia, or
> both.

A Soyuz pad is being built at Kourou that should be able to reach the
Hubble.

> Anyways, my Phillips OTV idea doesn't require the shuttle to go to
> the Hubble. The OTV can be launched by a Titan or Delta IV or
> smaller booster, so it would cost ~$10-20 million to launch.

A Titan or Delta IV is going to cost more like 100 to 200 million.

> If the OTV is built and sitting in a warehouse somewhere, it might
> be picked up for surplus.

I think it unlikely that it actually is sitting in a warehouse
somewhere.

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