Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the no-shocker-here dept.
falconed writes "From the BBC, 'Nasa has given a final "no" to requests for it to change its mind and grant a reprieve to the Hubble Space Telescope.' Not much new info here; canceling the program due to safety issues. This hasbeen discussedonSlashdotbefore."
Re:New Telescope in ISS orbit?
by
dwhitman
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JWST is being dropped into the L2 point. The space shuttle is not capable of even getting there.
Re:Time it to go down in the middle of Utah......
by
Buran
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I know the parent post is a joke and/or troll, but I wanted to reply anyway.
IF a planned re-entry is done, the scope will be guided into the middle of an ocean, preferably the middle of the largest open space available, just as Mir was. (Mir de-orbited sooner than planned, but even so, it hit the water.) The 1979 Skylab crash over Australia was entirely unplanned since it was supposed to have been reboosted by the Shuttle, but delays in the Shuttle program combined with expansion of the upper atmosphere caused it to re-enter earlier than expected instead of being rescued.
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JWST is being dropped into the L2 point. The space shuttle is not capable of even getting there.
I know the parent post is a joke and/or troll, but I wanted to reply anyway.
IF a planned re-entry is done, the scope will be guided into the middle of an ocean, preferably the middle of the largest open space available, just as Mir was. (Mir de-orbited sooner than planned, but even so, it hit the water.) The 1979 Skylab crash over Australia was entirely unplanned since it was supposed to have been reboosted by the Shuttle, but delays in the Shuttle program combined with expansion of the upper atmosphere caused it to re-enter earlier than expected instead of being rescued.
i am a soviet space shuttle