Space Forum / Shuttle / January 2005

After reading some recent reports mentioning ex astronauts now on ground
duties, I wondered if there was some kind of exposure limit for those who
have done long duration flights, at least in the US.
I assume some record of radiation exposure for each is kept??

The debate on saving Hubble may take a new turn -- Ground based
telescopes with adaptive optics are out-doing the aging Hubble. For
example, Hubble tried and failed to find the elusive object AB Dor C in
the southern constellation of the Swordfish. The 8.2 meter telescope in

Account by Dr. Patricia Santy, flight surgeon at the Cape on Jan 28, 1986:
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/01/challenger-flight-surgeon-remembers.htm
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Sure is: this is also the reason why the shuttle sucks - money, time, and
effort; and keeps space the deserted realm of the elite.
The shuttle was a great way to keep a small part of  the MIC (Military
Industrial Complex) in a sufficient state of tune to enable relative ease of

The ISS EVA is still about an hour away, but NASA spokesman
Rob Navias says that the US segment's Ku-band antenna has
gotten too cold and therefore has been 'parked' and will not
actively track NASA's TDRS satellites to relay TV images (the images will be

I spent a little time looking at Usenet posting from Jan 16, 2003 thru Feb
1, 2003 looking for posting on Columbia during the flight. Here is what I
found.
The Award goes to James Oberg, for being first to mention the Columbia

Said they arent getting used enough.
AOL needs a reality check as they slash costs without regard to customers
.
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press release HERE:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15973
On this Thursday's memorial service, I hope NASA doesn't restrict
its comments to honoring fatalities in 'the NASA family',

msnbc hubble poll results at 5:30 am EST 2005-01-22
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6853085/
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What should be done with the Hubble Space Telescope?  

I guess the answer seems to be NO.
Brian

Theres a lot of chatter on the photo newsgroups about the apparent low
resolution of the images coming back from Titan.
Are these first images going to be later enhanced with more digital data
returning from Cassini?  What type of encoding was used?  Are they .jpg or

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I don't suppose the Space Shuttle runs Windows.  Whatever operating system
it does use must be mighty good, read *crashproof*.
I'm also sure it must be immune to virui and pestware too.  So here's my
idea:

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html
11.25 CET... Huyegens entry confirmed.
I am waiting for some information about that world. I have read that
Titan is the only planet in our solar system where life can exist.