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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: EVA troubles (Was Re: ground vs. flight
- Message-ID: <Bztzw8.4L5@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 20:07:19 GMT
- References: <BzqKKM.LJ3@zoo.toronto.edu> <=hv29vp@rpi.edu> <Bzr29K.5GB@zoo.toronto.edu> <j6v2=m#@rpi.edu>
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- In article <j6v2=m#@rpi.edu> strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore) writes:
- >I'd assume the latter, to safe fuel, and to allow it to "float by' if
- >something goes wrong. With a Y+ translation if an 'up" thruster
- >(to stop the Y+ movement) fails, you risk running the shuttle into the
- >orbiter. With the X+, if something fails, you just float on by...
-
- The thruster systems are redundant; a single jet failure won't destroy
- the ability to maneuver in a particular direction.
-
- >>Leasat repair, the hardware was kept very simple and the astronauts'
- >>arms did almost all the work. (How quickly they forgot these lessons...)
- >
- > I don't recall what Leasat was. Could you give me some private email
- >sometime to jog my memory?
-
- (Easier to just include it here, in case anyone else is wondering...) That
- was the "Frisbee launched" satellite, aka Syncom, which couldn't light its
- boost motor after deployment from an earlier shuttle mission.
-
- > It seems like a good argument for satellite manufacturers to include
- >a grapple point...
-
- If memory serves, the head of Intelsat has said "henceforth we put grapple
- fixtures on our satellites". Not very likely that there'll be any use for
- one any time soon, but it sure does save a lot of hassle when the occasion
- does arise.
- --
- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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