I'm sure they'll "mothball it", just in case. Now we all start asking, what's next? Delta IV rockets aren't going to do it. Do we spend the next several years reading about Russian, Chinese and Indian space odysseys or does the U.S. get to work on something brave and new? We shall have to see. Bob -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of sfisher01@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:00 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Discovery Discovery is home safe and sound. Beautiful, one last time. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
It sounds like more missions to ISS, it can be done cheaper than the Shuttles (much cheaper). Just means the Navy will have to recover capsules again. We have hardly utilized the ISS fully yet, more research is needed before extended manned missions. IE, Trip to Mars or a Moon Base.
I'm sure they'll "mothball it", just in case.
Now we all start asking, what's next? Delta IV rockets aren't going to do it. Do we spend the next several years reading about Russian, Chinese and Indian space odysseys or does the U.S. get to work on something brave and new?
We shall have to see.
Bob
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Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110309/sc_space/spaceshuttlediscoverysnextde... Since Discovery will probably end up at the Smithsonian replacing Enterprise, 29 museums are competing for Endeavor, Atlantis and Enterprise. Here is a link to what several museums want to do in displaying the Shuttle if they get one: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080210c.html I think that last link is rather interesting. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Robert Taylor <robtaylorslc@gmail.com>wrote:
I'm sure they'll "mothball it", just in case.
Now we all start asking, what's next? Delta IV rockets aren't going to do it. Do we spend the next several years reading about Russian, Chinese and Indian space odysseys or does the U.S. get to work on something brave and new?
We shall have to see.
Bob
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of sfisher01@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:00 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Discovery
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-- Jay Eads
You could plant a heckuva lot of petunias in one, if you filled the cargo bay with potting soil and took off the doors... On 3/9/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces.
NASA should sell some Terra-Cotta replicas, scaled down of course.
You could plant a heckuva lot of petunias in one, if you filled the
cargo bay with potting soil and took off the doors...
On 3/9/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces.
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What about a chia-Discovery? --- On Wed, 3/9/11, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
From: erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Discovery To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 2:54 PM
NASA should sell some Terra-Cotta replicas, scaled down of course.
You could plant a heckuva lot of petunias in one, if you filled the
cargo bay with potting soil and took off the doors...
On 3/9/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces.
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One can only hope that our retired shuttles will have a better fate than their Soviet/Russian counterparts: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0153.shtml Sad. patrick On 09 Mar 2011, at 14:09, Chuck Hards wrote:
You could plant a heckuva lot of petunias in one, if you filled the cargo bay with potting soil and took off the doors...
On 3/9/11, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces.
..... and not one going to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis will each quickly and quietly go through
extensive modifications to prepare them to be museum pieces.
See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110309/sc_space/spaceshuttlediscoverysnextde...
Since Discovery will probably end up at the Smithsonian replacing Enterprise, 29 museums are competing for Endeavor, Atlantis and Enterprise. Here is a link to what several museums want to do in displaying the Shuttle if they get one:
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-080210c.html
I think that last link is rather interesting.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Robert Taylor <robtaylorslc@gmail.com>wrote:
I'm sure they'll "mothball it", just in case.
Now we all start asking, what's next? Delta IV rockets aren't going to do it. Do we spend the next several years reading about Russian, Chinese and Indian space odysseys or does the U.S. get to work on something brave and new?
We shall have to see.
Bob
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