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Re: [microsound] [OT] Top 100 Hubble Telescope Photographs

couldn't have put it better myself.

bush's desire to scrap the hubble pretty much sums his whole worldview in a nutshell (you could probably fit his brain in there too).

as the hubble continuously beams back hard evidence of the big bang 'theory' it's no wonder the christian right would to have the thing burn up in atmosphere. it's not doing their side of the argument any favours.

the hubble represents everything that is good and right about humans. for me the question of repairing it and extending its capabilities was a no brainer.

forget wasting money sending astronauts to the moon. we already have the greatest explorer ever conceived floating in orbit, traveling to distant worlds at the speed of light itself.

it was my 30th birthday on the 31st, the day they announced the repair mission. i awoke that day, turned on the news, read the headline, and i was so happy. it was the best birthday present i could have ever asked for:-)

(and the details of the repair mission are right out of a sci-fi movie, with a secondary rescue launch vehicle prepped and ready to go in the case of a emergency - could you imagine how crazy that would be? two shuttles in space, one to rescue the other! but let's just hope that never happens. because if it did, ron howard would probably turn it into a movie with tom hanks. and that would be bad. very bad.)

for more inspiration stuff check out www.seti.org, one of the few organizations i donate money to on a regular basis.

the truth is out there.

(cue x-files theme)

all the best,

graham the intrepid traveller


On 2-Nov-06, at 1:46 PM, Andras Hargitai wrote:

it was a pleasure to see it...
if we hadn't spent so much on weapons and other stuff we don't need,
e.g. how many telescopes we would have and how far were they capable
of looking?
:/


2006/11/2, Eloy Anzola <eloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: 

Very high resolution, copyright free stunning pictures:

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/



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