Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: space tugs and OMVs
Message-ID: <1989May5.175127.21275@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2871@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <1989May4.155418.21073@utzoo.uucp> <2054@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Fri, 5 May 89 17:51:27 GMT

In article <2054@Portia.Stanford.EDU> paulf@Jessica.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty) writes:
>Actually, it was reincarnated as the OMV, which is only useful for LEO
>type payloads.  Since they're planning on using the OMV with HST, it 
>should show its face Real Soon Now...

Well, reincarnated in a much smaller form.

Actually, I believe the latest revised HST plan doesn't use the OMV.  The
problem is to get the HST up to the highest altitude possible, given that
we've got a solar maximum (and hence an atmospheric-drag maximum) coming
up.  There was talk of using the OMV for that, but I think they've decided
that they can coax the shuttle up to a suitable altitude if they try hard.
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