Comments on: Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 to land today http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 04:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jonathanpeterson http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048391 jonathanpeterson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048391 seems kind of a shame that they took the space shuttle's cargo arm back down with them. seems kind of a shame that they took the space shuttle’s cargo arm back down with them.

]]> By: jmcgarry http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048648 jmcgarry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048648 Two arms. SSRMS (Canadarm2) and JEM-RMS (in the Japanese Experimental Module). And by the end of the year the European Arm should be attached as well. Two arms. SSRMS (Canadarm2) and JEM-RMS (in the Japanese Experimental Module). And by the end of the year the European Arm should be attached as well.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048403 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048403 I wish I could accomplish a relative separation... I wish I could accomplish a relative separation…

]]> By: imag http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048421 imag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048421 Good point. The ISS does have a pretty good one of its own though. My guess is that the shuttle arm wouldn't be up to a long-term mission in space. Linking it to ISS would be a trick too... Good point. The ISS does have a pretty good one of its own though.

My guess is that the shuttle arm wouldn’t be up to a long-term mission in space. Linking it to ISS would be a trick too…

]]> By: Joe Helfrich http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048719 Joe Helfrich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048719 While I appreciate the symmetry of Discovery having spent 365 days in orbit, and everything the shuttle program has done, it still seems pretty disappointing that a nearly 30 year old vehicle designed to go into space has spent such a small fraction of its time there. While I appreciate the symmetry of Discovery having spent 365 days in orbit, and everything the shuttle program has done, it still seems pretty disappointing that a nearly 30 year old vehicle designed to go into space has spent such a small fraction of its time there.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048743 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048743 I kind of hope there's a freak storm in Florida and the shuttle has to use the landing site in California. Now that there aren't any more launches scheduled there's a chance that we'd get to keep it. I kind of hope there’s a freak storm in Florida and the shuttle has to use the landing site in California. Now that there aren’t any more launches scheduled there’s a chance that we’d get to keep it.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048745 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048745 Oh- too late. I didn't notice the time. Oh- too late. I didn’t notice the time.

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048516 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048516 Isn't she lovely. (And back home safely now.) Isn’t she lovely. (And back home safely now.)

]]> By: Wickedashtray http://boingboing.net/2011/03/09/space-shuttle-discov-4.html#comment-1048804 Wickedashtray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1048804 I can't get too emotional about the SS. While the research it allowed is priceless it was a very inefficient use of NASA funds. One of the few things that Obama has done right is to encourage private investment to drive future expansion of space exploration. Its been suggested that a small-to-medium sized asteroid could be worth several trillion in base metals alone. That's the kind of incentive that will push space technology along at a faster rate than it is now. I can’t get too emotional about the SS. While the research it allowed is priceless it was a very inefficient use of NASA funds. One of the few things that Obama has done right is to encourage private investment to drive future expansion of space exploration. Its been suggested that a small-to-medium sized asteroid could be worth several trillion in base metals alone. That’s the kind of incentive that will push space technology along at a faster rate than it is now.

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