Re: Same for the Chandra telescope.

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Marcia — 9/11/2002 4:35:53 PM (archived)

<http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/faq/chandra/chandra-11.html

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[Initially, Chandra was planned for a lower orbit around Earth, but cost constraints forced a redesign that put the telescope in a higher orbit that passed through radiation belts that can be lethal to astronauts. Chandra has no hooks or grips on it that would allow astronauts to latch on and repair it.

For that reason, Chandra failures must be fixed, if possible, remotely via computers on Earth. With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronauts fixed its defective 94-inch primary mirror in space in 1993.]
(From a 1999 article: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/15/chandra.trouble/

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NGST chosen - MrPex - 9/10/2002 11:33:49 AM
- What should they name the NGST? (n/t) (n/t) - delbert - 9/11/2002 10:08:58 AM
  - Already has a name - Delbert - 9/12/2002 5:22:20 PM
- What NGST be able to see & photograph in the visible wavelengths? - Lee - 9/10/2002 1:04:00 PM
  - Re: What NGST be able to see & photograph in the visible wavelengths? - Vince - 9/11/2002 6:38:09 PM
  - That should be WILL not what (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 9/10/2002 1:05:13 PM
    - No..No, Who's on first ! (n/t) - What - 9/11/2002 12:12:57 PM
- We don't have anything that can repair something more than about 300 miles high. - Larry J - 9/10/2002 12:49:50 PM
  - Re: Same for the Chandra telescope. - Marcia - 9/11/2002 4:35:53 PM
  - Actually, a lot is in the planning. - Bowser - 9/11/2002 3:30:15 PM
    - The key word is "planning" - Larry J - 9/11/2002 5:35:23 PM

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