Sunday, May 17, 2009

Handrail on Hubble

I'm a space junkie through and through. I think the best money NASA has spent has been Hubble. The pictures are incredible. At one time they were going to let it die in space in favor a stupid Mars trip (Bush's idea). Fortunately, they reversed course and decided to give Hubble one last mission. The tricky repairs on this mission were hampered by a handrail that the astronauts could not dislodge.

A handrail? Why, exactly, would a satellite orbiting in space need a handrail?

2 comments:

  1. Might be because of the "American's with disabilites Act" (Harkin)

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  2. Might be because of the "American's with disabilites Act" (Harkin)

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