Slashdot Mirror


Space Tug to Save the Hubble?

Aglassis writes "In an article at SpaceRef, the CTO of Orbital Recovery Corporation claims that his company will be able to develop a space tug that could save the Hubble Space Telescope (from becoming 'a ballisticly implanted reef in the Pacific') by either moving it into a much higher stable orbit, or by moving it to the ISS where it could be maintained and operated. Some of the reasons that he cites are that the Hubble's replacement, the James Webb Space Telescope, could be delayed or suffer some sort of failure. Since the JWST will be at the L2 point, servicing will be impossible."

5 of 325 comments (clear)

  1. GNU ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. GNAA, step up and do the right thing!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am disappointed that the GNAA hasn't done what is good for the slashdot community and insisted that Taco publish the goatse story. Community leadership, my ass!

  3. Point of Space exploration? by LZ_Mordan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I want HST to be saved, but I can't help remembering how pointless space exploration is right now.

    We better found the anti-age pill. Right now space exploration timelines are so huge that most of us won't see the first man on Mars. Frankly, the best boost for science production we can have is to find the "anti-age pill" and THEN consider wasting money in space. Common, there is a mecanism to make old age possible, and thus understanding and reversing that mecanism is my priority number one.

    All efforts should be directed at this goal.

  4. Re:Hubble is now like BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My brother's a contractor that works on the Hubble servicing missions

    But would he work on the Death Star, knowing that there may be a rebel attack?

  5. New karma plan! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, good plan for Karma! Post some entirely unrelated question as anonymous coward "Why was ... ORS conceived", then copy their faq answer and post it under your username! So original! Sadly, so effective.