Can Hubble fit in Starship?
Yes and Yes probably. With the volume and payload capcity of SpaceX’s Starship, it should be fairly easy to fit a robotic arm and other fittings from the Space shuttles. You could even use the design of part of the Shuttle orbiter pressurised crew module as a start.
What will SpaceX Starship be used for?
Starship, as it’s known, will be a fully reusable transport system capable of carrying up to 100 people to the Red Planet. The founding ethos of Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company SpaceX was to make life multi-planetary. The SpaceX founder has often spoken about his dream of building cities on Mars.
Can Starship make it to orbit?
Starship is moving fast Starship could have the capacity to repeatedly launch more than 100 tons into orbit and function as what Musk described as “a generalized transport mechanism for the greater solar system.”
Can Hubble be retrieved?
The Hubble space telescope is in safe mode with science operations shut since October 25. Engineers have successfully recovered one of the instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope that is flying in safe mode after suspending science operations.
Will they bring Hubble back to Earth?
With the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle fleet in 2011, there are no spacecraft currently in operation that could collect Hubble and return it to Earth. Hubble’s orbit is relatively stable, so it will not be immediately de-orbited when it stops working.
Can Super Heavy reach orbit?
As of September 2021 only two super heavy launch vehicles have achieved orbit carrying a super-heavy class payload of more than 50 t (110,000 lb): Saturn V (1967–1973) and Energia (1987–1988). One super heavy-lift launch vehicle is operational (Falcon Heavy), but it has not yet transported a >50 t payload to orbit.
What keeps the Hubble telescope in orbit?
While operating in Earth orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope depends on a robust Pointing Control System to determine the direction in which it is pointing (called its attitude), to turn toward a celestial target, and to remain fixed on that target during observations.
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