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    Slooh: Control Big Telescopes Around the World in Your PJs

    Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope

    Check Out the International Space Station On Your Own Telescope

    Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Resumes Operations, Sends Back Picture of Lost Starfox 64 Level

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    Image of gStar gStar
    05/08/09

    In reply to Slooh: Control Big Telescopes Around the World in Your PJs
    Space telescopes? I thought we just called 'em telescopes...
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/08/09

    @gStar: well, there are several types of telescopes. the aforementioned "space" telescope, the "terrestrial apartment across the way with the blonde that doesn't close her curtains watching" telescope and the list goes on from there.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/08/09

    In reply to Slooh: Control Big Telescopes Around the World in Your PJs
    offering 24 hour views of the night sky


    hmmm, something just doesn't seem right here

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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    05/08/09

    @↑↑↓↓ ← → ← → B A_Nick: Slooh controls a global network of mountain top telescopes located in Chile, Australia, and Europe...
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/08/09

    @telepheedian: hey now. don't you try putting it in context. it ain't funny that way. jebus
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    04/24/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope
    You guys forgot the coolest and sexiest picture taken by Hubble, according to People, the Depp Field:
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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/24/09

    @Illiterate?EmailMeForHelp_GitEmSteveDave: Ha! That's pretty funny although they should have superimposed Depp on the actual "deep field" image.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    04/24/09

    @frigg: I thought about it, but the Deep Field is so awesome, altering it would be wrong.
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    Image of Vagoo—the epitome of mystery Vagoo—the epitome of mystery
    04/24/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope
    I encourage all of you to watch this video about the Hubble Deep Field (aka the most important image ever taken):


    I apologize for not knowing how to embed.

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    Image of Balance_In_Life Balance_In_Life
    04/24/09

    @Vagoo-the epitome of mystery: Ok... that was pretty freaking cool.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    04/24/09

    @Vagoo-the epitome of mystery: The Deep Field is cool, but I feel the most important image ever taken was of the Depp Field:
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    04/24/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope
    whoa. 2 days ago was my half birthday. didn't even realize that.


    //on topic: The Hubble is 6 months older than I am! weird...

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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/24/09

    @RT100 . ҉ . PSU: If you were only born 6 months earlier, that could have been you, orbiting the Earth, taking pictures of the early universe.
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    Image of soccer1105 soccer1105
    04/24/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope
    The Hubble is a fake! Look at that picture, there are no stars in the background. It's all just a lie made up by NASA so it'll look like we're ahead of the Russians!


    JK, love you Hubble. Happy B-Day.

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    Image of RT100 RT100
    04/24/09

    @soccer1105: No i see one
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    Image of Balance_In_Life Balance_In_Life
    04/24/09

    @RT100 . ҉ . PSU: Dude that is just a dead pixel. No big deal.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/24/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope
    This requires the appropriate Hubble BDay soundtrack.
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    Image of I see the light. It burns! I see the light. It burns!
    03/21/09

    In reply to Check Out the International Space Station On Your Own Telescope
    That's the problem with where I live in Seattle. Too many tree! The space station rarely gets high enough for me to see it without driving to some remote, tree free site. But man! I'd love to see that thing through a telescope. I used to watch the smaller ones with my dad and his hyper-expensive auto tracking telescope with multi hundred dollar light pollution filters.

    (It was one of the few times I was glad he wasted our money).
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/21/09

    @burnsgoinin burnsgoinout: Stupid trees, obscuring environmental beauty. We should chop them down. That will solve the problem. Oh wait...
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    03/21/09

    In reply to Check Out the International Space Station On Your Own Telescope
    Can some one just record the whole thing for me? Because I bet its not gonna be fast......
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/21/09

    In reply to Check Out the International Space Station On Your Own Telescope
    That's no moon...
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    Image of Vincent C Vincent C
    02/18/09

    In reply to Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope
    the beginning of the end? I can picture a chain reaction where by the end of this yr, we'll be without internet, gps and any form of satellite communication. Couple that with a violent sunspot cycle and you can just picture the new Flint-stone Age...
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    02/18/09

    @Vincent C: This is definitely the beginning of the end. In fact the end is a dead certainty. The Chinese killed a satellite in an asat test a few months ago, and this one will only add to the mess. Sooner or later these fragments will impact another satellite, increasing the chance of a new collision exponentially.


    I am not sure about the time line, but it is inevitable that in time the Earth will be surrounded by a cloud of debris, trapping us on the planet for thousands of years.


    There is NO program to clean up this mess.

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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    02/18/09

    @Gary_7vn: Giant magnets in space!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    02/18/09

    In reply to Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope
    Now can someone answer me this: If they are whizzing around at 17.5k MPH, and hit the Hubble traveling towards it at 5k, does that equal an impact of 22.5k? Is it more important how fast the debris is moving, or how fast Hubble is moving relative to it?
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    02/18/09

    @DTVTransitioned_GitEmSteveDave:


    If their both traveling in the same direction and hubbles traveling at 5000 MPH and the fragments are traveling at 17.5k when they hit they'll colide with a force of 12500 MPH. Considering bullets travel about a tenth that speed if they hit no matter how the hubbles screwed.

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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    02/18/09

    @RyaninCalgary: did you mean 22500? i'm assuming you did.


    Also it depends if it's a dead on collision (highly unlikely). In all probability only some of the vector is going to be applied to change in momentum (impulse), so the "brick wall equivalent" might actually end up being 12500 (depending on lots of variables). Hitting a brick wall at 12,500 still wouldn't be fun.

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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    02/18/09

    @lpranal: It would be 22,500 if they were traveling in opposite directions.
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    Image of Adnan Khan Adnan Khan
    02/18/09

    In reply to Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope
    It's a real shame that all it takes to make space missions dangerous for everyone are pieces of debris. What if a country such as North Korea decides to launch 5000 pieces of debris into space? That would significantly increase the danger for existing communications satellites. It would be a real mess if satellites started getting damaged especially internet, TV, and other such satellites.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    02/18/09

    @Adnan Khan: @Adnan Khan: They would also likely impact their OWN satellites. Scorched Earth is not a likely scenario for space for any country/people, unless those Amish finally perfect their boosters during Rumspringa.
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    Image of UrIt UrIt
    02/18/09

    In reply to Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope
    Where's MegaMaid when you need her
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    Image of TonyRockyHorror TonyRockyHorror
    02/18/09

    @UrIt: probably out sucking somewhere/one.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    02/18/09

    @TonyRockyHorror: Last I heard, she switched from suck to blow.
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    Image of ArtisticThought ArtisticThought
    02/18/09

    In reply to Satellite Collision Could Doom the Hubble Telescope
    We need some Vogons to come out to this part of the galaxy and bring one of their giant space vacuum cleaners. On second thought, they might decide a hyperspace bypass would fit rather well where Earth is. Yeah. Don't call them.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/18/09

    @Paint Swatch: I suppose um, one of us should shuttle over to the planning office on Alpha Centauri, yes?
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    Image of Kev50027 Kev50027
    02/18/09

    @Paint Swatch: If I can get this damn infinite improbability drive to work, I could go find some other aliens who are willing to help.. but I keep turning into a ball of twine..
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    Image of Selcouth14: + 28 Selcouth14: + 28
    02/18/09

    @Kev50027: Something something something poetry, something something something improbable.


    (This is like the 3rd or 4th Hitchhiker related comment I've had today...what the hell?)


    As for the Hubble: sad times; it has earned a better death then by satellite debris.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/18/09

    @Selcouth14: + 28: I agree. If we can't save it, we should nuke it before the debris hits.
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