Posted on 04/25/2005 9:34:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Hubble ping!
The Hubble telescope is AWESOME and it's performance and contributions to Our Knowledge of the Universe beyond Comprehension.The Hubble should be maintained and enhanced until We can no longer.
The typewriter was a great contribution to our society, but we use something better now. Same with Hubble.
Tomorrow's Doonesbury: "Day 1472 of the Hubble Death Watch..."
Does it take image after image 24x7? Or is it more limited, to something like 9-5 hours of technicians manning the comm links?
Ah Yes, but the typewriter was used for many more than fifteen years until a better tool came along, yet many still use the typewriter because it performs so well yet for specific cases. To my knowledge, no Astronomers have proposed a substitute or replacement with new technology for the Hubble but they do have upgrades and want to maintain the Hubble for years longer. Hence, I'll go with the Hubble and it gives our Astronauts some place to go other than the ISS and their contribution to the Hubble's extended life will reward us with great science. For one, I still like the feel of those typewriter strikes.
That pic labeled "Deep field" is, in my opinion, the most amazing of all the Hubble pics. We see points of light with our eyes and telescopes. Hubble looks in between those points and sees thousands of galaxies. That little dose of reality is hard to even fathom.
Interesting statment. Although the universe is large, there is nothing whatsoever that can with any degree of certainty argue that there is anything intelligent at all out there.
Incredible. I have followed the Hubble story ever since it was launched, and its achievments are truly awesome. What I dont understand is why they cant raise money to fix it. Many say "Its not in NASAs budget." So whats wrong with raising private funds from all the scientists who want to save it? I bet they would pony up tens, if not hundreds of millions to fund a repair mission, but since I have not heard a word about this I am guessing its not an option. Does anyone know why??
They like to spend Other People Money.. Most of the scientist hates the man space program and they think that space is thier personal playground...
Jaw-dropping, eye-popping pictures, as always! Let's hope Griffin decides Hubble is worth repairing. (There's nothing worse than ignorance.)
It's painful for me to let the Hubble go, and I'm just a dazzled bystander. That being said, it's amazing to think that Hubble was designed in the 1970s; all this glorious capability is nonetheless 30 years behind what we could do now. So, it's time to put up a new orbiting observatory IMO and let Hubble go, but I don't think it should be before we have a Next Generation visible spectrum telescope up there. There's so much universe to see and so little time to see it!
PS. There's a 1 in 700 chance Hubble will kill someone at reentry..
"PS. There's a 1 in 700 chance Hubble will kill someone at reentry.."
and a 1 in 50000 chance that they will put something else up to replace it before they let her splash.
Hmm I sense a opprotunity to sell some insurance .. Hubble protection insurance..
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