Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site minn-ua.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!minn-ua!sew From: sew@minn-ua.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Thoughts on Westar/Palapa - (nf) Message-ID: <957@minn-ua.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 13:34:26 EST Article-I.D.: minn-ua.957 Posted: Thu Feb 9 13:34:26 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 08:48:49 EST Sender: notes@minn-ua.UUCP Organization: Univ. of Minn. Computer Center, Minneapolis Lines: 10 #R:allegra:-226000:minn-ua:15100002:000:442 minn-ua!sew Feb 9 11:20:00 1984 Grabbing Westar/Palapa seems like the greatest problem. Once it has been grabbed, it can be brought down and refurbished (and wait forever for another shuttle slot). Fixing it on the ground should be rather easy, merely expensive and time consuming ($10M for another launch). Fixing in orbit would be an experiment. There is another alternative: put something in orbit which can push them into position (oops, have to develop it first).