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An obvious question that wasn't addressed in the article - could they manually fix it? I don't think most people remember what a punchline Hubble was immediatel
by wikiburner 13y ago
An obvious question that wasn't addressed in the article - could they manually fix it? I don't think most people remember what a punchline Hubble was immediately after its launch, until the rescue mission turned things around.
Obviously, our access to space is much more limited currently, but it seems like finding a way to make it happen via the Russians or even SpaceX (depending on how quickly they can get to manned launch capability) would make a lot of sense.
- nitrogen 13y agoKepler is very far away, orbiting the sun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)#Spacecraft_orbit_and_orientation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)#Spacecraft_...
- wikiburner 13y agoYep, I'm an idiot. I was just about to update my post after doing a bit of wikipediaing. Looks like I'll have to turn down that job as head of NASA now.
- robryan 13y agoI think given the cost of this mission relative to things like a space shuttle launch it would have/ still is better to build more than one. Although I can't really say too much as Australia is useless at putting any real money into space science (of the spacecraft type at least).