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Post by Frenchie on May 13, 2009 10:10:06 GMT 1
Expect "shock and awe in science" from a repaired and upgraded Hubble Space Telescope. This is the prediction from a Nasa astronomer who has worked on the mission since its inception. If all goes completely to plan on Hubble Servicing Mission 4, the orbiting observatory will be reborn as the most productive telescope in history, with even greater powers to probe the Universe's deep history and help cosmologists make sense of one of their biggest problems - "dark energy". Over five long days of well rehearsed but exhausting work on Hubble, the astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis have the task of installing a new panoramic camera and a latest-generation spectrograph. Full Article >>
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bigstevie
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Post by bigstevie on May 13, 2009 21:50:36 GMT 1
Can it do weddings? (runs away, before he's hit)
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Post by Frenchie on May 13, 2009 22:12:43 GMT 1
Yep, but from 400 miles straight up the shots are a bit foreshortened.
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Post by bigstevie on May 14, 2009 14:24:25 GMT 1
"the shots are a bit foreshortened" That's a good thing, wedding photos take too bloody long as it is.
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