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2024-05-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Nasa Officially Refused SpaceX Dragon Free Mission To Rescue Hubble

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Posted by 3dc 2024-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [159 views ] Top

#1 We'd rather build a new one (at least the contractors would).

Posted by ed in texas 2024-05-19 08:45|| 2024-05-19 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2

Space Law to be tested?

If NASA has decided to ABANDON the Hubble Spaceship.

Could SpaceX use Maritime Laws to Salvage it?

Imagine that on display and the $$$$$$ viewing fees collected.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-05-19 08:52|| 2024-05-19 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Reminds me of a Det 3 colleague, Carl Walz.

"Walz also participated in a 7-hour spacewalk (EVA) to evaluate tools for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission."

Carl was a 'by-the-book' guy.
In the procedure, well practiced in a weightless simulation water tank, Carl was to use an electric socket wrench to open a Hubble access panel. With no footing or water mass resistance, he fitted the socket per protocol and with approval from Houston activated the wrench. Whereupon the video link showed Carl immediately begin to spin counter-clockwise, around the bolt.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-19 11:37|| 2024-05-19 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Whereupon the video link showed Carl immediately begin to spin counter-clockwise, around the bolt.

Physics wins in the end. No matter what the PERT chart says.

Righty tighty, lefty loosey,
If you're spinning, your the goosie!

Posted by SteveS 2024-05-19 13:30|| 2024-05-19 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Via Transterrestrial.com, a link to the NPR article referenced in 3dc's video.

The article goes deeper into the real risks and even more real politics involved in the decision.

tl;dr: a SpaceX mission being "free" is not the only parameter in the decision matrix.

Posted by SteveS 2024-05-19 18:16|| 2024-05-19 18:16|| Front Page Top

#6 In the procedure, well practiced in a weightless simulation water tank, Carl was to use an electric socket wrench to open a Hubble access panel. With no footing or water mass resistance, he fitted the socket per protocol and with approval from Houston activated the wrench. Whereupon the video link showed Carl immediately begin to spin counter-clockwise, around the bolt.

You serious?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-05-19 19:19|| 2024-05-19 19:19|| Front Page Top

#7 It's a funny story for me and I'm reminded of it every time, NASA...

Apologies to those for whom this is a repeat.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-19 23:53|| 2024-05-19 23:53|| Front Page Top

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