Comments on: NASA Discusses Hubble Servicing Mission http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/ LiveScience Blogs | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bobvanx http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2163 bobvanx Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:51:24 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2163 It does seem as though a new era of manned space flight is just over the horizon, doesn't it? I really hope the space tourism angle plays out well. If it does, then doing something unexpected with the HST at the end of its service life becomes attractive. Suppose it got placed in a parking orbit, one that preserved it, until space flight became much more affordable and less risky? Then you could bring it back to Earth to display it alongside our other great achievements. Or, even more outlandish, it could become the focal point for some future Lunar Museum. That's my favorite option to think about; future lunar citizens hopping on a maglev, travelling to Tycho Town, being able to go look at the actual HST and marvel that people from the same century of the dawn of flight and the nuclear bomb yearned to look to the furthest corners of the Universe. Thta's my suggestion for the final disposition of the Hubble Space Telescope. Save it now, to place it in a museum on the moon later. It does seem as though a new era of manned space flight is just over the horizon, doesn’t it? I really hope the space tourism angle plays out well. If it does, then doing something unexpected with the HST at the end of its service life becomes attractive.

Suppose it got placed in a parking orbit, one that preserved it, until space flight became much more affordable and less risky? Then you could bring it back to Earth to display it alongside our other great achievements. Or, even more outlandish, it could become the focal point for some future Lunar Museum.

That’s my favorite option to think about; future lunar citizens hopping on a maglev, travelling to Tycho Town, being able to go look at the actual HST and marvel that people from the same century of the dawn of flight and the nuclear bomb yearned to look to the furthest corners of the Universe.

Thta’s my suggestion for the final disposition of the Hubble Space Telescope. Save it now, to place it in a museum on the moon later.

]]> By: sun7201969 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2153 sun7201969 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:12:41 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2153 The Hubble Space Telescope has provided some of the most stunning view ever of the universe. It would be said to see an early death to Hubble because it isn't serviced by the space shuttle. NASA should approve a space shuttle Hubble servicing mission. The Hubble Space Telescope has provided some of the most stunning view ever of the universe. It would be said to see an early death to Hubble because it isn’t serviced by the space shuttle. NASA should approve a space shuttle Hubble servicing mission.

]]> By: edshafer http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2148 edshafer Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:24:46 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2148 If I'm not mistaken, the Orion launch system is actually still on the drawing board, or perhaps in some initial testing. I don't believe it's anywhere near ready to run a mission up to the Hubble. I think we should go with the shuttle and get the job done. If I’m not mistaken, the Orion launch system is actually still on the drawing board, or perhaps in some initial testing. I don’t believe it’s anywhere near ready to run a mission up to the Hubble. I think we should go with the shuttle and get the job done.

]]> By: miparahaunt http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2147 miparahaunt Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:26:10 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/27/nasa-discusses-hubble-servicing-mission/#comment-2147 Why not simply use the new Orion launch system to send a few astronauts with the proper equipment to service the Hubble? Why does the Space Shuttle have to go at all? Instead of a lunar lander, why not equip the rocket with all the tools needed to work the problem. You could then also test reentry of the new capsule as well as response times for recovery. This may speed up the lunar program as well. Just an idea. Why not simply use the new Orion launch system to send a few astronauts with the proper equipment to service the Hubble? Why does the Space Shuttle have to go at all? Instead of a lunar lander, why not equip the rocket with all the tools needed to work the problem. You could then also test reentry of the new capsule as well as response times for recovery. This may speed up the lunar program as well. Just an idea.

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