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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
- Message-ID: <72106@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 18:32:05 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <84k24ya@rpi.edu> <71783@cup.portal.com> <zgm2yh@rpi.edu>
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- >Here seems a stupid one?
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- >SVS needed a clear payload bay in order to test full arm extension.???
- >
- >Now when a satellitte is carried up, it is inside some shrouds and often
- >a turntable spinner. Also bigger payloads are on racks.
- >
- >Why not towards the last day of flight, EVA two astronauts and jettision
- >the miscellaneous hardware.? sure it's sapce junk, but they could
- >wrap it all together on some cables and deploy a large mylar drdrogue
- >shield so it's radar visible and has high atmospheric drag. it should come
- >down in a few years, if the drag is sufficient.
- >
- >any guesses?
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- No, that's not a very good idea. We don't need more Space Junk floating
- around up there no matter how easy it is to see.
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- On the other hand, when a TDRS/IUS is sent on it's way, it opens up
- a great big space in the payload bay. Plenty of room for the RMS
- Space Vision System's needs. So, if it needs a clear payload bay for
- tests, fly it on STS-54 (TDRS-F/IUS) or STS-51 (ACTS/TOS). I don't
- understand how this idea escaped the person who replied to my original
- post.
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- -Brian
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