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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] i was not really touting the shuttle as a spaceprobe delivery system: I was more poking a stick at rockets reliability by mentioning them. It's probably just really bad luck, but there's been a lot of cringeworthy moments as some new and imporntant probe went down in flames with it's rocket. Though (as you brought it up) I'd think the shuttle could fill a vital role in deploying spaceprobes. I dont know how dangerous it would be, but the shuttle's cargo bay could probably hold a small rocket with a probe attached to the top. Heck, if they could just remotely pilot the shuttle's boosters and fuel tank, they could put damn near anything they wanted into orbit! Imagine the telescope that could be launched if the payload was that of a fully-loaded space shuttle. Biiiig. Mabye there is a way to have the shuttle randevous with space-based fuel tanks (launched by remote rockets for safety reasons) so it's effective ange is extended. I'd dearly love to see a telescope placed on the moon's far side. Of course if they can get [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4256907.stm]this[/URL] to really work, then the shuttle's cargo capacity would become chump change. Though I worry that there are no real guidelines for the waste that rockets (and the shuttle itself, I suppose) accidentally place into orbit. Mankind may one day be planetbound by a prison of high-velocity space junk. Keeps them aliens out though! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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