Nemeski to Space • 6 months agoPrivate mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails showwww.npr.orgmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-26 months agoI suspect there’s some NSA/NRO/CIA concerns too. It seems the Hubble is only one-of-a-kind in that it looks out at the universe - the chassis wasn’t unique. The NSA donated an unused chassis to NASA several years ago. If the NSA had an “unused Hubble chassis”, how many were made, and what are the others doing? So it seems Hubble is the public-facing science side of an NSA/NRO/CIA effort.
minus-square@wjriilinkEnglish7•6 months ago If the NSA had an “unused Hubble chassis”, how many were made, and what are the others doing? It’s secret, but not THAT secret, since it requires sending Hubble-sized telescopes into orbit. Looks like there are 6 of that design still in operation.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoWow, I didn’t realize they’d launched almost 20 of them over the years…
minus-square@wjriilinkEnglish4•6 months agoWhy build one when you can build two twenty at twice twenty times the price!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-26 months agoOh hey, thanks for the link! I knew of Keyhole, but didn’t realize they were Hubble chassis.
I suspect there’s some NSA/NRO/CIA concerns too.
It seems the Hubble is only one-of-a-kind in that it looks out at the universe - the chassis wasn’t unique. The NSA donated an unused chassis to NASA several years ago.
If the NSA had an “unused Hubble chassis”, how many were made, and what are the others doing?
So it seems Hubble is the public-facing science side of an NSA/NRO/CIA effort.
It’s secret, but not THAT secret, since it requires sending Hubble-sized telescopes into orbit. Looks like there are 6 of that design still in operation.
Reminds me of this old What if? from XKCD
Wow, I didn’t realize they’d launched almost 20 of them over the years…
Why build one when you can build
twotwenty attwicetwenty times the price!Oh hey, thanks for the link!
I knew of Keyhole, but didn’t realize they were Hubble chassis.