Hubble plug to be pulled

(WaltBJ) wrote in message . com...
NASA's afraid of another crew loss. So man the shuttle with old heads
like me. I'll go in a heart beat. That sucker can't be much trickier
to land than a 104 from its 15,000 foot high key. Wonder if John
Glenn would side me. I'd a damn sight rather die in the shuttle than
in a hospital bed from prostate cancer, my little souvenir from
Vietnam and Agent Orange.

I think NASA is more worried about another Shuttle loss. There's no
shortage of willing astronauts and astronaut candidates, but there is
a noticeable shortage of orbiters, and they're much harder (read:
impossible) to replace.

-jake

Most of the jobs that used to be done by the Hubble are done by improved
Earth based telescopes today. Its mainly now used for spotting not the
major work.

The is no substantiated evidence of your opinion. While the Sedna (sp?)
discovery was made by Palomar (saw the motion across a star field), there's
nothing that can compare with Hubble's unobstructed view. It's examination
of the infant universe is unparalleled.

R / John

There was this movie a few years ago, Walt ....

While there's still a little too much "spam in the can" to the work at
times, it's still the ultimate adventure, no? I know EXACTLY where you're
coming from.

R / John


"WaltBJ" wrote in message
om...
NASA's afraid of another crew loss. So man the shuttle with old heads
like me. I'll go in a heart beat. That sucker can't be much trickier
to land than a 104
from its 15,000 foot high key. Wonder if John Glenn would side me. I'd
a damn sight rather die in the shuttle than in a hospital bed from
prostate cancer, my little souvenir from Vietnam and Agent Orange.
Walt BJ

(Jake McGuire) wrote in
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(WaltBJ) wrote in message
. com...
NASA's afraid of another crew loss. So man the shuttle with old heads
like me. I'll go in a heart beat. That sucker can't be much trickier
to land than a 104 from its 15,000 foot high key. Wonder if John
Glenn would side me. I'd a damn sight rather die in the shuttle than
in a hospital bed from prostate cancer, my little souvenir from
Vietnam and Agent Orange.

I think NASA is more worried about another Shuttle loss. There's no
shortage of willing astronauts and astronaut candidates, but there is
a noticeable shortage of orbiters, and they're much harder (read:
impossible) to replace.

-jake

Yes,they aren't building any new Shuttles.
(and no replacement is even a few years away.)

Why don't they prepare unmanned supply rockets to deliver repair
parts/materials if needed as shown by an inspection after the Hubble is
serviced? If they can repair the Hubble in orbit,why can't they do a repair
on the Thermal Protection Shield? It need not be fancy,it just has to work.
The more experience they get repairing satellites in-orbit,the better.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

"John Carrier" wrote in
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Most of the jobs that used to be done by the Hubble are done by
improved Earth based telescopes today. Its mainly now used for
spotting not the major work.

The is no substantiated evidence of your opinion. While the Sedna
(sp?) discovery was made by Palomar (saw the motion across a star
field), there's nothing that can compare with Hubble's unobstructed
view. It's examination of the infant universe is unparalleled.

R / John




IMO,pulling the plug on Hubble is no different than Spain pulling out of
the Iraqi Freedom campaign because of terrorist attacks.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

"John Carrier" wrote in message
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Most of the jobs that used to be done by the Hubble are done by improved
Earth based telescopes today. Its mainly now used for spotting not the
major work.

The is no substantiated evidence of your opinion. While the Sedna (sp?)
discovery was made by Palomar (saw the motion across a star field),
there's
nothing that can compare with Hubble's unobstructed view. It's
examination
of the infant universe is unparalleled.


I'm really going to stick my neck out here!
Considering the way fundamentalists have been able to stop valuable
stem cell research, being as they seem to have the *vote* presently,
what's the chance that these same "biblethumpers" have enough
influence to terminate Hubble, since it seems to contradict their
favorite theories?

JK

"Pete" wrote in message ...
"WaltBJ" wrote in message
om...
NASA's afraid of another crew loss. So man the shuttle with old heads
like me. I'll go in a heart beat. That sucker can't be much trickier
to land than a 104
from its 15,000 foot high key. Wonder if John Glenn would side me. I'd
a damn sight rather die in the shuttle than in a hospital bed from
prostate cancer, my little souvenir from Vietnam and Agent Orange.
Walt BJ

Which part would you play in Space Cowboys?
Eastwood, Sutherland, Jones or Garner?

Pete

Dumb question - Sutherland, of course.
Walt BJ

WaltBJ wrote:

"Pete" wrote in message ...

Which part would you play in Space Cowboys?
Eastwood, Sutherland, Jones or Garner?

Pete

Dumb question - Sutherland, of course.

But Sutherland wasn't a pilot, being essentially blind. Gee, you don't suppose that may have
been related to . . . on second thought, it's probably better if we don't go there ;-)

Guy

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Most of the jobs that used to be done by the Hubble are done by improved
Earth based telescopes today. Its mainly now used for spotting not the
major work.

The is no substantiated evidence of your opinion. While the Sedna (sp?)
discovery was made by Palomar (saw the motion across a star field), there's
nothing that can compare with Hubble's unobstructed view. It's examination
of the infant universe is unparalleled.

R / John




Until recently, NASA had planned to have the space shuttle return Hubble
to Earth for museum display.

--
Morality is like fashion. It changes all the time.

Observations of Bernard - No 54

"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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WaltBJ wrote:

"Pete" wrote in message
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Which part would you play in Space Cowboys?
Eastwood, Sutherland, Jones or Garner?

Pete

Dumb question - Sutherland, of course.

But Sutherland wasn't a pilot, being essentially blind. Gee, you don't
suppose that may have
been related to . . . on second thought, it's probably better if we don't
go there ;-)

"It's none of your business"
John Kerry responding to an American Voter during a town hall meeting, March
2004