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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
Although I agree with that commentary, any more losses, and American public opinion would generally kill NASA. I don't think that the U.S. population believes in acceptable risk anymore.
Anyway; I can see their point:
"You can't get to the station from a Hubble orbit. It is physically impossible," he said.
Although; they do have the solution, it will increase the cost.
Engineers at NASA are considering prepping two shuttles in parallel, with the second shuttle waiting on the other launch pad
Overall; I vote they go. We are not going anywhere in space without taking some risks.
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The sickening thing is, the second shuttle will be as window constrained as the first. I'm not sure what the available windows are for Hubble interface orbits, but it could be a bit of a wait for a team in a stranded shuttle.
Even worse, there's nothing to say a second shuttle can't be hurt worse than the bird its supposed to rescue...