Astronauts Work on Hubble Repairs

Sixeyess4dinner

06:20 PMMay 15 2009

Yakami11 06:11 PMMay 15 2009 Shhh, I want to let you in on a secret. You notice how everything is going real smooth and right. How everything is getting fixed? It;s becuase they left the woman behind this time.@@@@@@ Astronaut K. Megan McArthur is female and is the mission specialist that catured the Hubble Telescope with the shuttle's robotic arm.......................

Yakami11

06:11 PMMay 15 2009

Shhh, I want to let you in on a secret. You notice how everything is going real smooth and right. How everything is getting fixed? It;s becuase they left the woman behind this time.

Mkw737

05:33 PMMay 15 2009

At 1 Billion per launch, the Shuttle is finally getting retired and Obama's admin will review NASA in a comprehensive way. I don't believe they will fund much beyond unmanned missions in this time of fiscal crisis --- found a cool site; Balkingpoints ; incredible satellite view of earth

JArlieWilson

04:57 PMMay 15 2009

"The mission cost NASA one billion dollars"...<insert pinkie against bottom lip> Hey, that kind of technology is priceless. My spouse is a scientist working on the NIF project at the LLNL. You have no idea what kind of money big brother has spent there...can you imagine the conversation that NASA had with Michael Massimino? "Hey, Mike we need you to fix some gyroscopes," "But they're 350 miles up into space, sir." "Yeah ,we know. Put on this suit, take this radio, and get up there, stat." "I'm too tall." "No worries, squeeze in there, your nation is depending on you." "Can I take a helper?" "Uh, yeah, take Mike with you." "Can I have a raise when I get back?" "No. And watch out for the space junk...bye."

Libdamage

04:00 PMMay 15 2009

Nuclear energy can be made to be quite safe.For example it can be made into lead pellets with the Uranium (or Plutonium or other fissionable material) inside.Even if all the pellets fall together in a crash, there would be enough lead to stop it from detonating as a bomb and the lead would also stop it from leaking nearly as much radiation as if it were not sealed in lead.While nothing can be guaranteed "TOTALLY and PERFECTLY" safe,I believe this can be made safer then other risks we take on a daily basis.

Dal31550

04:00 PMMay 15 2009

I paid for it and I want it. I'm a spoiled brat. Don't dump it. Fix that antigue if you can. I'd like a '63 Chevy SS convertible black with a red interior with a white top, 327 four barrel.

Sixeyess4dinner

03:53 PMMay 15 2009

Kcdgenius 03:42 PMMay 15 2009 "".........................ITS WORSE THAN NUCLEAR, ITS THE CCD Camera base and it has been collecting PHOTONS from distant galaxies, novas, and quasars for the last 15 years. It is so packed full of accumulated photons that... I cant bear to even think about it. The space shuttle might vaporize over texas in a brillant pulse of light that would wipe out all life in the northern hemisphere!@@@@@@@ Those photons are nasty critters, but it's the widespread (on Earth) use and exposure to dihydrogenoxide that will be the end of us all.................

Libdamage

03:52 PMMay 15 2009

Yeah we have plenty for illegal aliens, but not for scientific exploration and technological develoment.Lest stop all scientific funding because we aren't becomming a technologically backward third world country, fast enough.19999999999999999997999999999999991oooooooooooAreischelb 03:14 PMMay 15 2009 I 'll bet the rest of the world is helping uncle sap with funds so we can continue these space ventures . Geeze , I thought we were in a deep recession , guess not !

Sixeyess4dinner

03:48 PMMay 15 2009

""WASHINGTON....NASA is running out of nuclear fuel need for deep space exploration. The end of the Cold War's nuclear weapons buildup means that the US Space Agency does not have enough plutonuim for future faraway space probes....except for a few missions already scheduled.....Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can't use solar power because they're too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238..... isn't found in nature; it's a byproduct of nuclear weaponry. The United States stopped making it about 20 years ago and NASA has been relying on the Russians...The Department of Energy announced that it will restart its program to make plutonium-238..."" http://www.calgarysun.com/news/world/2009/05/07/9382836.html

Sixeyess4dinner

03:45 PMMay 15 2009

Dal31550 03:32 PMMay 15 2009 ""........I don't want it floating around especially if it's nuclear or atomic.@@@@@ Hubble components are powered by batteries, charged by solar arrays...........