sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu (sealion) (05/13/89)
With the current backlog in payloads for the shuttle system, are there plans to recover the Long Duration Exposure Facility? Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." || - Jeremy S. Anderson 12/15/88 #include <disclaimer.h> sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/14/89)
In article <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu> sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu (sealion) writes: >With the current backlog in payloads for the shuttle system, are >there plans to recover the Long Duration Exposure Facility? Yes. NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab, and considers it quite urgent that LDEF not be allowed to reenter. -- Mars in 1980s: USSR, 2 tries, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 2 failures; USA, 0 tries. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger) (05/14/89)
In article <1989May13.202819.23389@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >Yes. NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab, >and considers it quite urgent that LDEF not be allowed to reenter. Just a silly question... How much different is the orbit of LDEF to that which the shuttle took to launch Magellan? Would it have been possible to retrieve LDEF on the shuttle after it launched Magellan? -charles -- Charles Daffinger >Take me to the river, Drop me in the water< (812) 339-7354 cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu {pur-ee,rutgers,pyramid,ames}!iuvax!cdaf Home of the Whitewater mailing list: whitewater-request@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
spl@mcnc.org (Steve Lamont) (05/14/89)
In article <1989May13.202819.23389@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >In article <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu> sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu (sealion) writes: >>are there plans to recover the Long Duration Exposure Facility? > >Yes. NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab, ^^^^^^ Love your choice of words :-).
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/15/89)
In article <20714@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger) writes: >Just a silly question... How much different is the orbit of LDEF to that >which the shuttle took to launch Magellan? Would it have been possible >to retrieve LDEF on the shuttle after it launched Magellan? I doubt it. Magellan had to go into a very specific orbit; it would be remarkable luck if it were similar to LDEF's. Also, I suspect the IUS cradle needed to carry Magellan up probably obstructs the payload bay enough to interfere with retrieving LDEF (which fills most of the bay). -- Subversion, n: a superset | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology of a subset. --J.J. Horning | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu