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To: NormsRevenge

Instead of an on-orbit repair mission, send a shuttle to retrive it and bring it back to Earth. Sattelites have been brought back before. It would make a great display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.


10 posted on 02/07/2005 9:22:33 AM PST by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: NCC-1701
It would make a great display

They already have plenty of junk hanging from the rafters. The Hubble doesn't even have wings! They could hang any commsat in its place, say even the Goresat that was built and never launched; it has the same garbage can look to it.

20 posted on 02/07/2005 9:45:17 AM PST by RightWhale (Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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Somehow, I don't think the Smithsonian would want to fund a shuttle mission just to get them a display. Of course it might win the prize for most expensive display in the history of any museum.
36 posted on 02/07/2005 10:05:01 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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To: NCC-1701
Instead of an on-orbit repair mission, send a shuttle to retrive it and bring it back to Earth. Sattelites have been brought back before. It would make a great display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

If you are going to spend the money to retrieve it, you may as well fix it.

42 posted on 02/07/2005 10:15:19 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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