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IIRC NASA was going to have Atlantis (one of the STS's, anyway) bring it back near the end of the Shuttle programme. Turns out prematurely stuffing a valuable
by Intralexical 3y ago
IIRC NASA was going to have Atlantis (one of the STS's, anyway) bring it back near the end of the Shuttle programme.
Turns out prematurely stuffing a valuable scientific tool into the trunk of a crewed orbiter that already has a tendency to explode during reentry was… An idea they had second thoughts on, though.