re hst servicing mission in article schumach convex convex com schumach convex com richard a schumacher writes in rs au an access digex net prb access digex net pat writes how different would the contamination threat of a small manuevering tug be from that of the shuttle and it s oms engines the aperture door will be shut during reboost using the shuttle means that there will be someone nearby to pry the door open again if it should stick well no during the original deployment mission the hst aperture door was not opened until after the shuttle had landed i presume that during a re boost mission hst would be berthed in the orbiter with the orbiter bay doors shut but still there would be lots of contamination worries i understand that the eva suits are one of the hardest things to keep clean but i still don t know where the idea is coming from that hst needs a re boost we have many problems but our orbit is the least of them there is certainly no plan to change the orbit in the first servicing mission in december ben
