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Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2004Panel Probes Technical Risks Of Robotic Hubble Servicing
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp? id=news/pan06244.xml Panel Probes Technical Risks Of Robotic Hubble Servicing By Jefferson Morris 06/24/2004 08:58:01 AM A National Academies panel explored the potential technical risks of a robotic servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during a meeting June 23, with astronauts on the panel expressing concern that the initial capture of the observatory could be more difficult than some at NASA believe. -end excerpt-  Signaturerk, Just an OldEngineer "Dealing properly with very rare events is one of the attributes that distinguishes a design that is fit for safety-critical systems from one that is not." -- John Rushby in "A Comparison of Bus Architectures for Safety- Critical Embedded Systems," March 2003 Could the reason the Astronauts say what they say, actually be that they want to fly a manned mission? Well someone had to suggest it! Brian SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ > http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp? > id=news/pan06244.xml [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -end excerpt- The problem is that current astronauts have been neutered, but refuse to get out of the way of others who would take their place on a 'dangerous' mission to the HST. T. >The problem is that current astronauts have been neutered, >but refuse to get out of the way of others >who would take their place on a 'dangerous' mission to the HST. > >T. gee if we can fix hubble robotically just how much else can be done this way? like I have said before the astronauts realize this might lead to a NEW small man tended station. Where astronauts at best just visit a few times a year and do resubbly and repair. perhaps just robotic telerpresence and take people out of the loop altogether? computers, automation and robotics may be near obsoleting men in space. we could likely d lots more science for the $$$ expended ion ISS shuttle if it were all done robotically... This may explain some of the gear shuifting to long term endurance for people in orbit. Thats the only thing that cant be automated... Miss management of Columbia may well kill the manned program altogether. Thats very sad....... HAVE A GREAT DAY! |
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