Re: BBC: "New Mir mission announced"
LWojack@aol.com
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:33:18 EDT
In a message dated 7/12/99 1:30:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mhanning-lee@syagen.com writes:
> I suspect people think it's not worth much. It's old, kind of like a
> 1985 car or a 1985 PC. Depreciation in a harsh environment & technical
> progress have lowered the value. It's in too low an orbit for a good
> comms relay; there's only one of it so it's only above-horizon every 90
> minutes at best!
Or you could just use it for RECON. But you would want results from what it
costs to attach some sensors to Mir (make sure results=costs). Or even just
boost it to a high orbit and deal with it in the future.
Jonathan
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