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Random Comments Over Lunch
Jan. 17th, 2004 02:28 pmFrom me to Gretchen: "I'd be a lot more embarrassed about being a Republican if I didn't live next door to the city of Chicago."
Jan. 17th, 2004
Random Comments Over Lunch
Jan. 17th, 2004 02:28 pmFrom me to Gretchen: "I'd be a lot more embarrassed about being a Republican if I didn't live next door to the city of Chicago."
I Hate This
Jan. 17th, 2004 02:29 pmOk, by now you've all heard that NASA has canceled the Hubble servicing mission that was planned for the next couple of years, which means that the Hubble will fail before the next space telescope is launched. And I want to be really, really ticked off about it, because I find the information that we're getting back from the Hubble to be absolutely fascinating.
And I would be, if I didn't see exactly the chain of logic involved in canceling the flight. If the goal is to establish a permanent human presence in space -- a goal which I agree with, although I'm sure that some of you don't -- then you have to look at the things that will prevent you from achieving that. And number one on that list is: another catastrophic failure of a Shuttle with loss of all hands.
Apparently, the only planned Shuttle mission that doesn't have the delta-V to rendezvous with the ISS in case of tile loss is the Hubble servicing mission. Thus, the only mission where you couldn't use the ISS as a lifeboat and repair station is the Hubble mission. So rather than continue to spend time and effort trying to figure out how to repair a Shuttle in orbit away from the ISS, you can redeploy those efforts to -- for instance -- trying to build a better vehicle to replace the aging Shuttle fleet.
All you have to do is be willing to give up the Hubble Space Telescope sooner than you would have otherwise. It makes perfect sense.
It doesn't mean I have to like it.
And I would be, if I didn't see exactly the chain of logic involved in canceling the flight. If the goal is to establish a permanent human presence in space -- a goal which I agree with, although I'm sure that some of you don't -- then you have to look at the things that will prevent you from achieving that. And number one on that list is: another catastrophic failure of a Shuttle with loss of all hands.
Apparently, the only planned Shuttle mission that doesn't have the delta-V to rendezvous with the ISS in case of tile loss is the Hubble servicing mission. Thus, the only mission where you couldn't use the ISS as a lifeboat and repair station is the Hubble mission. So rather than continue to spend time and effort trying to figure out how to repair a Shuttle in orbit away from the ISS, you can redeploy those efforts to -- for instance -- trying to build a better vehicle to replace the aging Shuttle fleet.
All you have to do is be willing to give up the Hubble Space Telescope sooner than you would have otherwise. It makes perfect sense.
It doesn't mean I have to like it.
I Hate This
Jan. 17th, 2004 02:29 pmOk, by now you've all heard that NASA has canceled the Hubble servicing mission that was planned for the next couple of years, which means that the Hubble will fail before the next space telescope is launched. And I want to be really, really ticked off about it, because I find the information that we're getting back from the Hubble to be absolutely fascinating.
And I would be, if I didn't see exactly the chain of logic involved in canceling the flight. If the goal is to establish a permanent human presence in space -- a goal which I agree with, although I'm sure that some of you don't -- then you have to look at the things that will prevent you from achieving that. And number one on that list is: another catastrophic failure of a Shuttle with loss of all hands.
Apparently, the only planned Shuttle mission that doesn't have the delta-V to rendezvous with the ISS in case of tile loss is the Hubble servicing mission. Thus, the only mission where you couldn't use the ISS as a lifeboat and repair station is the Hubble mission. So rather than continue to spend time and effort trying to figure out how to repair a Shuttle in orbit away from the ISS, you can redeploy those efforts to -- for instance -- trying to build a better vehicle to replace the aging Shuttle fleet.
All you have to do is be willing to give up the Hubble Space Telescope sooner than you would have otherwise. It makes perfect sense.
It doesn't mean I have to like it.
And I would be, if I didn't see exactly the chain of logic involved in canceling the flight. If the goal is to establish a permanent human presence in space -- a goal which I agree with, although I'm sure that some of you don't -- then you have to look at the things that will prevent you from achieving that. And number one on that list is: another catastrophic failure of a Shuttle with loss of all hands.
Apparently, the only planned Shuttle mission that doesn't have the delta-V to rendezvous with the ISS in case of tile loss is the Hubble servicing mission. Thus, the only mission where you couldn't use the ISS as a lifeboat and repair station is the Hubble mission. So rather than continue to spend time and effort trying to figure out how to repair a Shuttle in orbit away from the ISS, you can redeploy those efforts to -- for instance -- trying to build a better vehicle to replace the aging Shuttle fleet.
All you have to do is be willing to give up the Hubble Space Telescope sooner than you would have otherwise. It makes perfect sense.
It doesn't mean I have to like it.
Tax Time, Round One
Jan. 17th, 2004 10:23 pmFor a variety of reasons, we're trying to get the Dodeka taxes done early this year so we can file our personal taxes. Gretchen and I spent a good chunk of today getting data into the spreadsheet, but we're almost done. Just a few bits of missing data to track down...
Keep your fingers crossed. :)
Keep your fingers crossed. :)
Tax Time, Round One
Jan. 17th, 2004 10:23 pmFor a variety of reasons, we're trying to get the Dodeka taxes done early this year so we can file our personal taxes. Gretchen and I spent a good chunk of today getting data into the spreadsheet, but we're almost done. Just a few bits of missing data to track down...
Keep your fingers crossed. :)
Keep your fingers crossed. :)