What Goes Around, Comes Around

[pmcray]

Check out this URL

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbrook-fulltext.html

Interesting article from 1980. Actually, the shuttle did recover at least one satellite if I remember correctly.

Comments

Depends on perspective

[daveon.livejournal.com]

The Hubble "rescue" and servicing would have been impossible without the shuttle or similar. There was a satelitte rescue and re-deployment and also there was the long duration research platform which was deployed and recovered.

Apart from some hyperbole, much of what he said is pretty accurate - even now, looking at the "pesimistic" prediction of "only" 200 flights in 10 years. We've had 113 in 20 years.