Re: The Hubble Space Telescope...

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 23:58:46 GMT, A Hubble Hubble
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>> STS-26, 27, 29, 30, 28, 34, 33, 32, 36, 31... all those *before* the
>> big hydrogen leak fiasco hit in 1990.
>> 
>> Since those STS-numbers were approved by NASA officials at the very
>> top, this should serve as a warning not to give too much credence to
>> early return-to-flight launch schedules.
>> 
>> In other words, bank on the FAWG at your own peril.
>> 
>> Brian 
>
>Since this is an HST thread, I was specifically talking about SM-4's 
>relative placement in the manifest.  

Well, of the above numbers, 31 was the Hubble deploy mission. At one
time post-Challenger it was obviously considered the sixth mission
after Return-To-Flight. Look where it ended up.

I fully expect to see SM-4 scheduled for a time when all three
Orbiters are online, regardless of the Station assembly sequence.

Brian