re hst servicing mission scheduled for days in article apr samba oit unc edu bruce scott launchpad unc edu bruce scott writes if re boosting the hst by carrying it with a shuttle would not damage it then why couldn t hst be brought back to earth and the repair job done here i m not sure if this is a big issue but it seems to me like it might be up till now all g forces applied to the mirror and its mounting and nearly all g forces have been applied along the telescope s optical axis and against the mirror s base reentry would apply forces along roughly the same axis but tending to pull the mirror away from the mount and the landing would apply on edge forces to both the mirror and mount it could be that one or both of these would not survive greg greg titus gbt zia cray com compiler group cray research inc santa fe nm opinions expressed herein such as they are are purely my own
