Farewell To Eyes Above And Below

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 7, 2004 @02:51AM from the all-good-things dept.

LMCBoy writes "SpaceRef is reporting that the STIS Instrument on board HST has failed. The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph was HST's only spectrometer, and was responsible for several important discoveries, including the first detection of an exoplanet's atmosphere. The loss is believed to have been caused by a failure in the instrument's main electronics box, which led to a rapid increase in the input current of about 1 ampere, which caused the instrument to enter a "suspend" state. It is believed that this failure is not recoverable." No_Weak_Heart writes "Perhaps the world's most renowned submersible, Alvin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is slated for retirement. Alvin has helped scientists explore deep sea, find a lost Hydrogen bomb(oops!) and discover more than 300 new animal species, will be replaced by a newer version in 2008. Also available this audio clip from NPR." (Here's a glance at Alvin's replacement.) Update: 08/07 17:29 GMT by T : Note: "HST"="Hubble Space Telescope." Thanks to Chris Johansen for pointing out the overloaded acryonym.

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Not first post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-07 02:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

NFP.
1. Re:Not first post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-07 02:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  how ironic can you get
That IS amazing... by B2K3 · 2004-08-07 03:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Interesting. I had no idea that our thirty-third president was some kind of spacefaring cyborg.

I now wish I stayed awake in American history class.
Re:It's time to let the Hubble go by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-07 03:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

shut the fuck up you ignorant piece of shit. you could fund an entire satellite instrument with the money it costs for just ONE cruise missile. so how about bitching about all those millions of dollars spent to kill civilians?