Posted on 12/30/2022 8:52:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
Right now with all the hate directed toward all things Musk, the Starship will be relegated to the far future since the program was based on ‘test to failure’ model, now limited to one maybe test flight a year.
Once Bezos’ Blue Horizons catches up, all things Space X and Starship will be cancelled as things sit now.
How could boosting the orbit make a difference when you are looking at stuff Light Years away. I don’t understand how even a million mile boost would make a difference.
Strap on a JTOW..................
Orbits eventually decay. Boosting the orbit will keep it up longer.
How much do we pay NASA to default to SpaceX for anything that has to reach orbit? Elon is at least a fair negotiator which is evident by his enormously vast wealth and lack of prison time.
And we are all fans of keeping up longer.
Here’s one idea, how about you hire non woke engineers who care about competently doing their jobs and don’t complain about how unfair they are being treated or how oppressed they are.
I would not say I’m a fan, but if the cost is reasonable, why not keep it going?
Most of the woke people in the space industry are not engineers. PR, HR, etc.
Musk used ion thrusters on his Starlink satellites. Perhaps he can get one on the Hubble so it doesn’t need to be boosted so often?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEPWsdo-UE
Light Years away. I don’t understand how even a million mile boost would make a difference.
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Hubble is orbiting about 332 miles above the Earth and it is slowly descending! Soon will be too low and eventually crash land.
Beefing up Hubble will not change its optical results, but will add many years to its life.
8 was a pun.
Im all for keeping up there as long as possible and I wouldnt trust NASA to do it with anyone else but Musk. Bezos and his “rockets” are joke.
Ah, I wasn’t thinking about that...
That would be great. I’m all for keeping Hubble up there if it’s possible.
but you don’t get a cent unless you are Mega Diverse
Operation Viagra....
Use Brandon, he is loaded with hot air!
All part of the ongoing communist purge...
In addition, "revenge" for twitter's "theft" by an American capitalist will play a role...
The evil & nastiness of our communist masters has absolutely no limits...
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