From: mooregr@greenms.com   
      
   "Jorge R. Frank"  wrote in message   
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   > zoltanccc@aol.com (Zoltan Szakaly) wrote in   
   > news:58866faa.0401242300.3d5be50@posting.google.com:   
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   > > I worked out the numbers:   
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   > > Assuming an ion engine with a thrust of 1 N (about a 5th of a pound)   
   > > it would take about a year to move the Hubble and the propellant mass   
   > > would be about 40kg. The electrical power used would be 100kW   
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   > Hubble's solar panels provide about 5.27 kW.   
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   > 100 kW is more electrical power than ISS has at Assembly Complete. That's   
   a   
   > lot of solar arrays.   
      
   And if you added that many, a) your mass goes up and b) your drag goes up.   
      
      
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