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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> Technically Speaking >> The International Space Station turns 15 http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1384980710 Message started by muso on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:51am

Title: The International Space Station turns 15
Post by muso on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 6:51am

Time flies.

Title: Re: The International Space Station turns 15
Post by bobbythebat1 on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 7:44am

How many Hubble type telescopes could they have installed in orbit
for the price of the ISS?

I think the ISS was a waste of money.

Title: Re: The International Space Station turns 15
Post by muso on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 8:09am

It's a quiet achiever. The James Webb Telescope will be awesome.

Title: Re: The International Space Station turns 15
Post by bobbythebat1 on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 8:25am

muso wrote on Nov 21^st, 2013 at 8:09am:

It's a quiet achiever. The James Webb Telescope will be awesome.

But it will only work for 3 to 5 years - if it works at all.
If it doesn't it will be too far away to fix.

I would have preferred a whole fleet of Hubble telescopes.
Just think of all the wonderful pictures we'll never see
because there was only one Hubble?