The Hubble Mission and Rescue

[zanderose]

Soon a mission to repair our mighty Hubble will take place. The arrangement of a sending a sister space ship for a rescue mission can not go withount a comment or querries. In case of a serious damage to a shuttle 600 KM above the Earth is it not possible for a shuttle to dock 200 below at the ISS and then await a resue team from another shuttle or is it not possible to dock to the ISS from the Hubble direction 200 KM above the ISS orbit??

 

[subzero788]

"In case of a serious damage to a shuttle 600 KM above the Earth is it possible for a shuttle to dock 200 below at the ISS"<br /><br />The short answer is no. I'll let someone else with a better understanding of the shuttle and orbital mechanics to go into more detail but suffice to say orbital inclinational changes use up a heap of fuel which the shuttle is simply not capable of carrying. It's not only the height of orbit but also the inclinational difference that makes it difficult.<br /><br />Check out the other threads on the Hubble for more info.

 

[alokmohan]

Divulge your self.

 

[MeteorWayne]

What does that mean? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>