Let's move it, people.When I read of the Hubble Hub·ble , Edwin Powell 1889-1953. American astronomer who discovered (1929) that the velocities of nebulae increase with distance. Noun 1. Space Telescope-repair controversy ("People, Not Robots: Panel favors shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. mission to Hubble," SN: 12/18825/04, p. 388; "Lean Times: Proposed budget keeps science spending slim," SN: 2/12/05, p. 102), this question comes to mind: Why can't an unmanned, powered vehicle latch on to Huhble and fly it to the International Space Station, where it could be repaired by the station's occupants, then returned? JAMES HENDRY James Hendry (September 25, 1885 – September 9, 1945) was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1943 until his death in 1945. In 1885, Hendry was born at Beith, Ayrshire, to John Hendry, a butcher, and his wife Maggie Allan. , FLORISSANT, MO. David S. Leckrone, senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. Project, calls this "a very good question." The basic problem, he explains, is that Hubble and the space station are in orbits with very different inclinations to the equator. It would require about 36,000 pounds of fuel to change Hubble's orbit to that of the space station and back, and Hubble wasn't designed to operate well at the station's orbit. Says Leckrone, "It is an appealing idea that really isn't feasible." |
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