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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:15 PM Original message |
Nasa's most dangerous ever shuttle mission to fix Hubble Telescope due to blast off |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. The most dangerous ever shuttle mission? |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, it seems to be. n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They will be on a different, and higher orbit, than the space station |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. There'd be no way to do so for any orbit that didn't involve the space station |
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Old Coot (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rescue mission would be very risky.... |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Life and scientific |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Send the Russians! |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. bushmeister0 |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Well, I was only kind of joking. |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. rescues are always more dangerous. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. the Daily Mail is a garbage shitty paper |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. well here is the direct NASA link..it blasts off tommorrow at 2:01 p.m. EDT |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I'm thinking about driving over to Canaveral to watch it. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. just come on the beach..you can see it clear as a bell.. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Will Your Grace accept the same story from the LA Times? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. the tone in the LA Time is different |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Gee the Times at least has it as NASA instead of Nasa |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Two nations separated by a common language. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Don't they capitalize their acronyms? |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. It depends. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. IndianaGreen |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I wish them well. I don't mind my taxes going for space research like the Hubble mission. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Better Believe It |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Makes me wonder, all this extra "safety" - could it be military advances? |
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Joe2131 (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obama |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I agree, but in these times we have to think priorities. We need to get |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. It wasn't 'dangerous' the first three times they went there. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That was before the Columbia disaster in 2003 |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The other three times were even more 'dangerous', then... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. They don't just put another shuttle out on the pad on standby for the tourists |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not the most dangerous mission "EVER" since the Hubble has been serviced several times... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. They can't go to space station if anything goes wrong |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yes, but if "space junk" takes out the shuttle... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. If it does, they're screwed. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. So when they retire the shuttle fleet, what then? nt |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Then they let the Hubble fail |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Nor could any mission launched before 1999... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. wow, thanks, I had no idea. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. The reporter writing the article is an idiot. Must be a conservative educated |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. That is the meaning of brave. They are using the tiles on the bottom on |
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