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Subject: Re: Hubble to be abandoned
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Subject: Re: Hubble to be abandoned
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On Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 3:13:29 PM UTC-8, Edward Wright wrote:
> "Jorge R. Frank" <jrf...@ibm-pc.borg> wrote in message news:<Xns948A60A3....@216.196.105.130>...
> > I agree; the degree of risk is overstated. I'd fly such a mission.
> But you and your crewmates wouldn't be the only ones at risk. It's
> fine to say, just have a second Shuttle on standby in case there's a
> problem, but you're forgetting something. If you abandon a crippled
> Shuttle in orbit, with no way to make a controlled reentry, it's going
> to make an uncontrolled reentry. Over 100 tons of metal, toxic
> propellants, etc. will eventually come to Earth, possibly over
> inhabited areas. That would be a public relations disaster for NASA.
> You might be willing to fly the mission, but would you be willing to
> face reporters, if people were killed on the ground by the vehicle you
> abandoned?
rrrrrr

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