Who killed Hubble? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Who killed Hubble?
# 4813 byaglobus@... on Jan. 21, 2004, 8:57 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
On Jan 18, 2004, at 4:19 AM, ANTIcarrot wrote:
>> Who killed Hubble?
>
> One wonders why the same small 'robot craft' cannot move hubble near
> the ISS, where astronauts living there could fix it.
The Hubble and ISS orbits have ***much*** different inclinations (23 vs
57 degrees). It would take a lot of fuel to make their orbits
compatible. As a practical matter, it might as well be impossible.
If the dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be here.
Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html