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Wow.

1 posted on 02/12/2003 8:01:01 PM PST by hc87

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To: hc87

Yeah, my '67 Kodak Instamatic can see the etched serial numbers on the Orbiter rocket motor bell housings.

2 posted on 02/12/2003 8:06:24 PM PST by First_Salute

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Space ping

3 posted on 02/12/2003 8:07:21 PM PST by anymouse

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To: hc87

No kidding. On one of the original Starfire threads, I calculated that the spatial resolution of that telescope should reveal details to about 3" on the shuttle - about the size of a single tile.

4 posted on 02/12/2003 8:11:35 PM PST by coloradan

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To: hc87

So does this mean thr Air Force has better quality pics? No mention of that.

I read another article today that said the company in charge of taking the liftoff pictures has had problems with quality lately. The pictures that we've seen of the insulation hitting the shuttle SHOULD have been much higher quality. I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere and I don't have a link. I read it in a hardcopy of the NYT.

5 posted on 02/12/2003 8:15:16 PM PST by jenny65

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To: hc87

The people who work here are geeks.

LOL!

6 posted on 02/12/2003 8:15:43 PM PST by coloradan

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To: hc87; fooman; TLBSHOW; Fred Mertz

What is going on? NASA and the Air Force make mistakes like that? I doubt it.

7 posted on 02/12/2003 8:19:55 PM PST by Jael (Thy Word is Truth!)

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To: XBob; John Jamieson; bonesmccoy; Dark Wing