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Hubble Getting an Upgrade

Posted by timothy on from the all-new-appliances dept.

instinctdesign writes: "The New York Times (free registration of course) is running a story on the planned upgrades to the one of NASA's greatest successes, the Hubble Space Telescope. Here is a quote from the article about the plans: 'Tasks include adding a new primary camera, replacing the telescope's electricity-generating solar arrays, replacing the main power switching controller, replacing a critical pointing device and installing an experimental cooling system in hopes of reviving a dormant instrument.'"

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  1. Can't they use Hubble ... by Evil+Attraction · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... to find Osama Bin Laden? I mean - it can't be much of a job pointing Hubble towards the earth instead of the faint stars? It would have been great to see some of the boring pictures of stars light years away been swapped with Bin Laden taking a shower.

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  2. Eh? by Alexius · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...replacing a critical pointing device ...


    So, Is The New One An Opitcal, Or Wireless Mouse?

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  3. Is this article... by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...mirrored?

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