Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2004

Is there someone here who can do a short lesson on orbital mechanics please.
I understand faster launch speed = higher orbit = slower orbital speed and
the reverse.
I am having trouble with object 1 is x miles from object 2.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/13/hubble.fix/
...Looks like *possibly* Congress has at least two pairs of balls
between them for a change.
                OM

Doing some of my assigned reading and just finished ...
  Trust But Verify: Imagery Analysis in the Cold War
  David T. Lindgren, Naval Institute Press
... and found it "interesting."  I'm not sure the exact word to you, just an

If and when the shuttle goes up to work on the Hubble
telescope, I suppose that the first spacewalk would be
used to do a quick inspection of the wings and other
vital surfaces that may have gotten damaged by foam off

Which engines did the shuttle use to reboost the station?  Was it just
the aft or was it both the aft and forward RCS?  Was OMS ever used for
this purpose?
Thanks!

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington                    July 19, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
Paul Foerman

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:43:56 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
<jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote:

Skylab lands in Australia.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=13367
Safety rules dont preclude mission:)
HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Some Russians are saying they just showed the
rebuilt Buran facilities at Baykonur to some
"visiting Westerners". Who were they,
and what were they really shown and told?

I have read that pre-Challenger, NASA actually calculated a 1/100,000
(or something like that) probability of catastrophic failure for the
shuttle.  (I think it was mentioned in the book 'A Major Malfunction')
Ever since, I have wondered how NASA did that, and if the rationale

instead go for energy independence within 20 years.
http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004b/spacestoryN701KOLAR.htm
Wind solar and other energy sources. this would free us of the mid east mess,
and the arabs could drownd in their own oil:):):).

Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@org.trash) writes:

...Just a quick update for anyone who tried to access the Columbia
Loss FAQ on Thursday: Due to a glitch on one of IO's servers this
morning, between 11am and 5pm the FAQ was offline. This has been
remedied, natch, but I'd like to thank any of the [quick look &

I thought I read somewhere that they were going to use cameras on the
stack for at least the next few launches.
Q: Same camera (make/model or type) as used on STS-112?
Q: I'm sure it's an incredibly well engineered piece of hardware; I'm