You think the Space Shuttle's cargo bay was built just for the HST?

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You think the Space Shuttle's cargo bay was built just for the HST?

Socrates II — 8/21/2009 1:32:49 PM (archived)

That's why they tried so hard to get Vandenberg AFB set up to launch
Shuttles for their own missions, but that never panned out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_afb#Space_Shuttle

Wink wink nudge nudge.

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Apollo 14 landing site with Cone Crater and a trail ! From LRO - Raoul - 8/20/2009 8:28:21 PM
- re: Apollo 14 landing site with Cone Crater and a trail ! From LRO - Marcia - 8/22/2009 2:15:31 AM
  - re: Apollo 14 landing site with Cone Crater and a trail ! From LRO. - Finally, we get to see that! - Marcia - 8/22/2009 3:39:57 AM
- Shepard and Mitchell missed Cone Crater. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/22/2009 1:24:31 AM
  - re: Shepard and Mitchell missed Cone Crater. - phil - 8/22/2009 2:50:01 PM
    - re: Shepard and Mitchell missed Cone Crater. - Marcia - 8/26/2009 9:24:28 PM
  - Footsteps ! - Raoul - 8/22/2009 11:39:52 AM
    - Footsteps were faked with robot wearing tennis shoes (n/t) - Sawyer - 8/22/2009 1:55:32 PM
- A question regarding TO from the lunar surface. - Bowser - 8/21/2009 8:23:16 PM
  - Half a Gee - Raoul - 8/21/2009 8:27:15 PM
    - Wow. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/22/2009 12:01:39 AM
- and the "man did not walk on the Moon" con artists are laughing all the way to the bank - E.P. - 8/21/2009 7:50:57 PM
- LRO, another Nasa failure? - Lee - 8/20/2009 10:33:50 PM
  - A big telescope is always better than a little telescope. - Nick Hoffman - 8/21/2009 3:58:29 AM
    - Nick's right. Some modern spysats are the size of boxcars. (n/t) - TB - 8/21/2009 7:56:42 AM
      - You think the Space Shuttle's cargo bay was built just for the HST? - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 1:32:49 PM
  - NASA probes one of the more effective govt programs - Sawyer - 8/21/2009 2:08:11 AM
  - re: LRO, another Nasa failure? - Mike - 8/20/2009 11:26:09 PM
    - That pic was taken at an altitude which is far lower than an earth based sat. - Lee - 8/20/2009 11:30:09 PM
      - re: Negativity - Mike - 8/21/2009 1:47:28 AM
        
        The best answer would be? - Jefferson-Washington - 8/21/2009 2:02:30 AM
        
        Not Yet - Marsby - 8/21/2009 2:31:51 AM
        
        He'll be the one to do it. - Lee - 8/21/2009 3:01:41 AM
        
        One thing the LRO images of Apollo 14 has done - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 5:51:29 PM
        
        Ed' javelin went further than Al's golfball! - Raoul - 8/21/2009 6:52:03 PM
        
        Yeah, but the golf ball is much more famous - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 6:59:03 PM

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