The main objective of this repair mission was the update and fix the Hubble telescope. The job has been completed and we will depart for Earth in around 30 minutes. I packed up early enough to write a blog so I thought I'd share with you guys what has been in my mind recently.
I would easily call this mission a success, but you never know, something might go wrong. What if we were to encounter an asteroid? Even the tiniest rock will shatter our vehicle to bits and pieces because of our speed. What if we clashed with "space junk"? What if space undergoes another "big bang"? What if the temperature suddenly goes extreme? What if our navigation system failed and we went the wrong direction and get stranded in space? What if another celestial body's gravitational force pulls us toward them? What if we get sucked into a black hole? What if we get abducted by aliens? How will we protect ourselves and deal with the problems?
The answer to that question is simpler than you might think. None of the scenarios stated above can possibly occur. That's because our space shuttle is in constant communication with Earth, and even if our systems fail, as long as our propulsion remains intact, we can still make our way to safety without going through too much trouble. Now you may ask, what's going to happen if the propulsion failed? Well, it won't. It simply will not fail because numerous satellites have mapped our solar system accurately enough that we would know if a piece of space junk would floating about our route months beforehand. We would know if there would be a UFO flying around using the same method. We will not get sucked into a black hole because black holes do not exist in our solar system. Another planet's gravity will not draw our space shuttle toward them because all the planets are too far away.
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